Finalising FRS for ERP of S&T deptt in Indian Railways

Finalising FRS for MIS of S&T deptt. – the SENTI-ZRP

By:-

Lokesh VishnoiDyCSTE/C-II/BSP

SEC Railways

11/25/2014 1LOKESH VISHNOI, DyCSTE/Con/SECR,

earlier SrEDPM and DyCM-IT/SECR

FRS for – the SENTI-ZRP

For S&T., though the department’s name is still SIGNAL & TELECOM, the work sphere has changed wastly, to

SNT – SIGNAL, NETWORKs & TELECOM

and is slowly further changing to

SNTI – SIGNAL,NETWORKs,TELECOM & IT deptt.



The present-days’ activities of an S&T Engineer

00:00- 05:30 05:30 05:30-07:00

09:00- 19:00 19:30-2 2:00 23:00-23:30



SAME USED TO BE SITUATION OF ENGG OFFICERS

UNTILL……………..

THEIR MIS WAS STARTED



Now they are like ……



Thankfully now, for S&T also, development of MIS has been sanctioned….

i.e., for us, time has come to be from

to

LETS JOIN HANDS TOGATHER TO DEVELOP THE BEST ERP FOR RAILWAYS, our SNTI-ZRP, the SIGNAL, NETWORK, TELECOM & IT-ZONAL ERP



Before finalising our objectives for SNTI-MIS, lets remember this:-

“Small aim is crime , Big aim is divineNever say I shall try, Just do or die”

-His Holiness Sri Sathya Sai Baba11/25/2014 7

LOKESH VISHNOI, DyCSTE/Con/SECR, earlier SrEDPM and DyCM-IT/SECR

What is ERP, our SNTI-ZRP

An ERP system is a very useful tool for refining working processes . Properly implemented ERP system can help S&T improve efficiency & effectiveness and modernise its working. We will design various modules in our ERP system, the SNTI-ZRP, all of which will be designed to work together, and will have links to OEM literature/their maintenance tools & practices & info-exchange with them.



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Our objectives shall be

• Develop an ERP which will improve the working of S&T and reduce tensions in its working by using effectiveness of information systems available with us

• Recognize the benefits of ERP systems for S&T’s working pattern

• Design an ERP, its uses, data-feeding system & data-uses to make us the BEST.

11/25/2014LOKESH VISHNOI, DyCSTE/Con/SECR,


Characteristics of an ERP System• Shall includes a management SW that shall enable technical,

finance and Staff (HR) in a completely integrated fashion

• Enables high levels of integration across Supervisors’ Units or

Divisional functions and UNITES the whole Zones working

• Provide for widespread sharing of data from a single

person/place/ /equipment and make the working of whole zone

similar

• Drives extensive system transformation and change management

efforts by integrating with OEM/All units together

• Requires high levels of implementation effort and support, if real

benefits are to be earned



Benefits of designing & deploying SNTI-MIS

• It will streamlines or eliminates inefficient manual processes, which is time-taking, costly & low-yielding

• Eliminates disparate stand-alone systems, on which we are dependent presently

• It will provide integrated, enterprise-wide common tools, processes and systems, hence avoiding confusion among Zones or even Divisions



NOW, WE WILL DISCUSS ABOUT DESIGING DEPARTMENTAL MIS FOR S&T

• THE PROPOSED SUB-MODULES ARE:-

..PTO..



the SNTI-ZRP

S

N

T

I

SIGNALING

NETWORKS

TELECOM

INFOTECH

ZRP - ZONAL RESOURCE PLANNING11/25/2014 13

LOKESH VISHNOI, DyCSTE/Con/SECR, earlier SrEDPM and DyCM-IT/SECR

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SRS for = module1.Shall have full details, including mfg. coy, year-of-mfg & year-of-

installation of every stations’ all Signalling gears, suggesting upgrade/replacement based on usage/obsolence etc

2.Data-loggers shall be integrated up to Div & Zonal Test-rooms & information shall be flashed as specified. It shall also have a De-bugging SW based on Data-loggers information

3.Shall have system to send SMS to concerned staff, as specified by Division time-to-time

4. Power-failure analysis & proposed backup/rectification tools.

4.Shall prepare Sig-failure analysis, comparing it with last month’s or averaged DN time for station & suggest measures to improve reliability

5.Shall have staff Bio-data and previous records/history to propose by itself the Staff deployment to minimise failures

6.Shall have specified KNOWLEDGE-OUTPUT for Zone, Division & Sub-Division for everybody to take action, as per there level

SIGNALINGS



7. Shall have links to OEM’s site for info-exchange on the products’ working, efficiency & maintenance needs

8.Auto-Analysis & reporting by SW Application to be developed for DLA-(DataLogger-Application)

THESE 2 POINTSWILL BE SAME FOR , & MODULES ALSO

SRS for = module…continued…

S SIGNALING

TN I



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SRS for = module

1. Shall have full details for all NWs, like CNL-NW, VOICE-NW, IT-NW, there functions and inter-patching, interchangeability of Equpt etc. including mfg. coy, year-of-mfg & year-of-installation of every stations’ all Signalling gears, suggesting upgrade/replacement based on usage/obsolence etc.

2. Information on failures of concerned NW shall be stored & flashed after Auto-Pinging or as specified. It shall also have a De-bugging SW, prompting appropriate replacements.


4.Shall prepare Tele-failure analysis, comparing it with last month’s/averaged DN time for NW & suggest measures to improve reliability



NetworkingN



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SRS for = moduleTELECOMT

1.Shall have full details, including mfg. coy, year-of-mfg & year-of-installation of every stations’ all Signalling gears, suggesting upgrade/replacement based on usage/obsolence etc

2.Data-loggers shall be integrated upto Div & Zonal Test-rooms & information shall be flashed as specified. It shall also have a De-bugging SW based on Data-loggers information


4.Shall prepare Tele-failure analysis, comparing it with last month’s/averaged DN time for station & suggest measures to improve reliability





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SRS for = moduleINFO-TECHI

1.Shall have full details of Eqpt, including mfg. coy, year-of-mfg & year-of-installation of gears over the Division, suggesting upgrade or replacement based on usage/obsolence etc

2.Data-loggers shall be integrated upto Div & Zonal Test-rooms & information shall be flashed as specified. It shall also have a De-bugging SW based on Data-loggers information


4.Shall prepare Eqpt/MIS/SW-failure analysis, comparing it with last month’s/averaged DN time for station & suggest measures to improve reliability


6. Shall have links to OEM’s site for info-exchange on the products’ working, efficiency & maintenance needs




“The journey

of a thousand

miles begins

with one step”

- Lao-Tse



SUB-HEADINGS OF EACH MAIN-TABs(S,N,T & I)

1. ASSETS1.Assets Details of existing Gears

Existing gears, their make & vintage, due-date for replacement, Gears’/systems’ corresponding DESU/DETU/NWU

2.PLANNING for ADDITION or REPLACEMENT of GEAR

Life-span vs. years lived of each gear & system, Work-proposal status, AMC/RRC status

3.MANPOWER for MAINTENANCE

Sanction vs. occupied posts, New-posts creation, training, leave, Supervising

4.POWER EQPT MAINTENANCE Gear-wise capacity, maintenance/replacement planning

5.INSPECTION/COMPLIANCE TAB Grade-wise inspections & compliance, with needed reference tabs

7.Link to OEM websites Interact with OEM automatically for failure info/Guidance/warranty/ repair status etc.

8. MPR/MCDO for the section Self-printing & sending of MPR to concerned Officers



Auto-Analysis & reporting by SW Application to be developed for DLA-

(DataLogger-Application)• Data-loggers are Networked already. The Data’s

Auto-Analysis & reporting by SW Application to be developed will be deployed.

• The concerned JE/SM & Test-Room will get SMS of analyzed failure and action to be taken

• Failure-detection and its logging into system for future-corrective/replacement strategy shall be designed



ERP Solution Components

CHOOSING A ZONE & AN AGENCY FOR SNTI-MIS DEVELOPMENT & TESTING

Implementation

60%

Infrastructure

20%

ERP Software

20%



CHOOSING A ZONE & AN AGENCY FOR SNTI-MIS DEVELOPMENT & TESTING

1. We need to choose a suitable zone for optimal cost-effective and user-friendly Application Development

2. I propose SEC Railway, because SECR has Blade Servers with spare capacity available. This will save 20% of cost. We can have another Blade added at very less cost, if needed

3. License-costs of OS & RDBMS, which is another 20% of the project can be saved immediately

4. Further, SECR already has 08 MIS working in the Zone (PRIME, AFRES, MMIS, PMIS, OSS, COMIS, HMIS & IPMS)

5. The IT-culture is already prevalent in SECR, with SECR-INET & SECROADS functioning & employees trained in multiple IT field at SECR-CT-IT, our in-house IT training Center



WHY CHOSE SECR FOR DEVELOPING SNTI-ZRP

5. Railway Network in SECR is very strong, having proper back-up and is maintained properly.

6. Field testing & improvisation will be easier at SECR because of their strong NW & IT-culture

7. SECR already has the posts of CM/IT and DyCM/IT created and manned. We can create additional posts here, if needed for developing SNTI-MIS

8. We have the Engineering MIS deployed here and the Tabs/Data-cards with P-Way officials already can be easily & effectively utilised for field-testing



WHY WORK ON OPEN TENDER

• We can choose our terms, conditions, specialists & references for the work

• SECR has the experience of successfully floating & finalising Tenders and getting MIS development & upgrade implemented twice

• Here, CRIS and a selected Central Body of S&T Officers, can act as Advisors/Consultants to Railway & the contractor chosen by SECR



THANKS for your attention. I’m sure we will be moving towards being - - - -







