List of Best practices received from Zonal Railways, Production Units, PSUs, Other Units and Directorates of Railway Board S.No. Title Name of Page Directorate/Organization number 1. KRCL ERP – Java based Railway Konkan Railway 4 Application Package (JRAP). Corporation Limited. 2. Management Information System (MIS). Northeast Frontier 13 Railway (Construction). 3. Enterprise Collaboration Suite for Konkan Konkan Railway 20 Railway. Corporation Limited. 4. Integrated Approach for Induction of Dhanbad Division, East 24 Newly Recruited Railway Recruitment Central Railway. Board (RRB)/ Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) Panel. 5. Introduction of “Freight Factor” concept in Central Organization for 28 Stores tenders. Railway Electrification (CORE) / Allahabad. 6. External Cleaning of Passenger Coaches Konkan Railway 31 with Automatic Coach Washing Plant. Corporation Limited. 7. Common Transfer Portal ComPTran (for Railway Board & North 34 Railway Employees). Central Railway. 8. Land and Recruitment Document Konkan Railway 36 Management System (LRDMS). Corporation Limited. 9. Fully Computerized Working Procedure. Konkan Railway 38 Corporation Limited. 10. Four Tier Inspection Shed at Virar Car Mumbai Rail Vikas 40 Shed Corporation Limited. 11. Integrated Payroll and Accounting Ajmer Division of North 42 System (IPAS), E-Billing Module Western Railway. 12. Efficient and effective outsourcing model Delhi Division, Northern 44 for comprehensive housekeeping of loco Railway . Pilots and Guards Running Rooms. 13. Safety Information Management System Safety Directorate, 46 (SIMS) Railway Board. 14. Electronic Telephone System for Tunnel Konkan Railway 48 Patrolmen Corporation Limited. 15. Online information system under coverage Northeast Frontier 50 of Material Management Information Railway. System (MMIS) 16. Special Short term focussed technical & Delhi Division, Northern 52 safety training module for running staff Railway. in-house Basic Training Centre at Crew Lobby, Tuglakabad (TKD). 17. Automatic operation, Intelligent Northeast Frontier 54 Synchronization and operation of Diesel Railway. Generator (DG) sets. 18. Detection of Open & Close status of Konkan Railway 53 Manned Level Crossings at Stations and Corporation Limited. in block sections. 19. Modular Concept in manufacturing of Integrated Coach 54 Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). Factory, Chennai. 20. Electronic Grievance Redressal Systems Railway Board & 58 (EGRS). Northern Railway. 1 21. Disposal of complaints through share North Eastern Railway. 59 documents on website. 22. Induction of LED lights in the chambers, North Eastern Railway. 60 street light, Rolling in examination, platform lighting. 23. Adoption of Energy Policy Konkan Railway 61 Corporation Limited. 24. Battery Voltage Monitoring System. Konkan Railway 62 Corporation Limited. 25. Web based accountal of Fuel Receipt and North Eastern Railway. 63 Issue for High Speed Diesel (HSD) Oil used on Diesel Loco. 26. Thermal imaging for loose cable Northeast Frontier 64 connections in coaches. Railway. 27. Data Base management of coaches in North Western Railway. 65 Workshop. 28. Green Toilets for Railway Coaches. Integrated Coach 66 Factory. 29. Saving in Tender advertisement in the Mumbai Rail Vikas 67 newspaper. Corporation Limited. 30. Environmental Sustainability. Integrated Coach 68 Factory. 31. Shravan Seva. Konkan Railway 69 Corporation Limited. 32. Sarathi Seva. Konkan Railway 70 Corporation Limited. 33. Setting up Disaster Management Centre. North Western Railway. 71 34. Fire Alarm System. North Western Railway 72 35. Diet Food in trains. Konkan Railway 73 Corporation Limited. 36. Special Counselling Sessions called Southern Railway. 74 ‘Pensioners to be’ for employees before superannuation. 37. • Joint mock exercise with NDRF Safety organization. 75 personnel in N.F. Railway . • Guideline of conducting site Mock Drills to ensure speedy rescue and restoration work. • Guideline of conducting Fire fighting arrangement . 38. Limiting of voltage drop in LHB EOG AC North Western Railway. 76 coaches of Double-Decker train. 39. Silent Hour. Northeast Frontier 77 Railway. 40. Special Public Announcement System. North Western Railway. 78 41. Running of PCET (Parcel Cargo Express Northeast Frontier 79 Train). Railway. 42. Safety awareness through North Western Railway. 80 preachers/spiels 43. Internal Audit Manual as well as Mumbai Rail Vikas 81 Financial Manual Corporation Limited. 44. Adoption of e-governance practices Electrical Directorate, 82 Railway Board. 45. Automated Distributor Valve Testing Carraige 83 2 System workshop/Lallguda, S.C.Railway 46. Pneumatic Balancer for handling roller Carraige 84 bearings workshop/Lallguda 47. Air Gauge for measuring bore diameter of Carraige 85 Direct Mounted roller bearing. workshop/Lallguda 48. Air brake Hose pipe testing for leakages & Carraige 86 blockages workshop/Lallguda 49. Carraige 87 Automatic Air Circulators With Sensors workshop/Lallguda For Energy Saving 50. Online Bio-Toilet Fitment Details Updation Carraige 88 For Complete SCRly. workshop/Lallguda 51. Wireless Intranet Connectivity Carraige 89 workshop/Lallguda 52. LED Digital Display Boards Carraige 90 workshop/Lallguda 53. Coach Repair & Maintenance software Mech (C&W) Deptt 91-93 Jaipur Division 54. Integrated Payroll and Accounting System Finance 94 Directorate/Railway Board 55. Interactive Knowledge Sharing Track Design/RDSO 95 56. Jeewan Praman Centre Finance & 96 Accounts/RDSO 57. Online P.F. Withdrawl system Computer 97 Directorate/RDSO 58. Online application for Quarter Allotment Computer 98 system Directorate/RDSO 59. Generation of e-PF Slip for RDSO Officials Computer 99 Directorate/RDSO 60. Setting up of Whatsapp Group ‘ED Engine Development 100 Officials’ for internal communication in Directorate the Directorate 61. Drive to remove garbage and scrap the Engine Development 101 material/machinery not viable any more Directorate 62. Creation of MCDO portal Mechanical/Fr. 102 Directorate/Rly. Board 63. Creation of Indian Railway Wagon Mechanical/Fr. 103 Management System Directorate/Rly. Board 64. Incentivizing Inquiry officers by increasing Vigilance 104 the honorarium Directorate/Rly. Board 3 Details of Best practices received from Zonal Railways, Production Units, PSUs, Other Units and Directorates of Railway Board I. Title of Best Practice: KRCL ERP – Java based Railway Application Package (JRAP). Name of the Champion/ Organization: Overall Coordination by IT Departmental modules – Nominees of respective departments. How was the Initiative Conceptualized: The initiative was conceptualized to establish a platform that can help for smooth handling of operations of Railway. It can be only possible by having real-time visibility of monitoring freight & passenger trains, human resources and administrative operations using ERP application called Railway Application Package basically, for the benefit of (1) increasing transparency, capturing information at source and accountability; (2) facilitating accurate decision making and (3) enhancing the efficient delivery of public goods and services. This is achieved by good governance by defining work flows, policies, procedures adopted by the management in ERP application. Brief About Project: JRAP (a customised ERP - Java Based Railway Applications Package) developed and maintained by Information Technology Deptt. in KRCL is an essential 24x7 'pillar' of KR business, helping it remain lean, efficient and using less paper. JRAP supports all aspects of working of all departments connecting Corporate Office (CO) with regions at Ratnagiri and Karwar, and Project offices. It consists of 9 major & 13 minor modules, fully integrated in a 'Railway Applications Package', a first and still unparalleled custom-ERP system. All the ERP applications have been migrated from old and obsolete 4GL to the latest Java Technology (J2EE) with web-interface in 2006. The JRAP application runs 24x7 on the common RDBMS (IBM Informix) and is maintained in-house, with frequent changes to suit Business requirements. The architecture and brief functionality of each module is given below. 4 The Java Based Railway Application Package (JRAP):- All IT systems of KRCL work over the KR-Net (internal Wide Area Network /Intranet over OFC + Copper), with an installed base of 102 Servers (all 59 Stations have a Server each), 700 + Linux Thick & 'Thin-Clients' and 400+ PCs with Users spread over 60 locations. HR productivity output of KR-IT systems is 2000+ 'person-equivalent'. 1. IT Infrastructure - Architecture Design : Initially, KRNET consisted of separate server at every station location, running on alpha machines on Tru64 architecture. Every station had terminals connected, used for accessing various modules and other functionalities. After almost 10 years in this network structure, KRNET was revamped for replacing these old alpha machines with Blade servers. At this point, decision was taken to consolidate set of station servers, at 12 HUB locations of major stations to reduce maintainability and staff allocation. Considering the needs of various locations, KRCL decided to go for Distributed hub-spoke architecture, having Hub stations, where maximum infrastructure for a few stations is aggregated. The Hub stations have been decided based on the criteria that Maximum number of stations for each hub will be maximum 6 Adjoining stations, No. of Users, Maximum ticket sale, Availability of technical staff, Space for new server room, Better communication facilities, Communicability. All such HUB