Shipper and Fleet Management Applications
IHS Global Insight's Shipment costing and fleet management applications help transportation users and government agencies manage equipment maintenance and shipping costs more effectively and efficiently. Our Co$tline® Service helps determine shipment costs of various types of freight carriers, while our Structured History System for rail car fleet management provides the means identify the history and usage of railcars.
Co$tline® Service-Shipper Costing
IHS Global Insight's CO$TLINE® Service provides software models that calculate the shipment costs of U.S. and Canadian freight carriers, enabling you to:
- Improve negotiations with carriers
- Provide cost-analysis capabilities
- Facilitate economic analysis of corridors, policies, and investments by public-sector users
CO$TLINE® software comes pre-loaded with data and can be customized to your unique requirements. Choose from among the following systems:
- CO$TLINE® Rail Cost Analysis Model
- CO$TLINE® Truck Cost Analysis Model
- CO$TLINE® Intermodal Cost Analysis Model
- CO$TLINE® Barge Cost Analysis Model
Structured History System-Rail Car Management
Our Structured History System is a unique fleet-management tool designed to lower your fleet-repair costs, reduce failures, and improve utilization by tracking railcars, enabling you to monitor and improve performance by determining:
- When railcars were shopped
- What railcars were shopped
- Shipping cost
- Mileage
- Shipments
Our Structured History System Problem Car function enables you to focus on the portion of your fleet that is consuming the largest share of your maintenance budget. The integrated Railcar Economic Model helps you decide when to replace, rebuild, or sideline railcars.
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