IBM have signed a $3 million contract to supply KiwiRail with an asset management system.
According to the contract, IBM to provide the software and services designed to improve visibility and management of KiwiRail tracks, bridges and other network assets.
IBM’s enterprise asset management product Maximo will delivering information on the condition of the 4000km of railway track, bridges and thousands of pieces of rail equipment, as well as signals.
IBM New Zealand general sales manager Phill Patton says its business analytics software will present data on how often KiwiRail is maintaining its tracks and how it is managing its assets so it can be read by “the guy working at the line all the way up to the top”.
This will help KiwiRail maintenance crews to have up-to-date information on assets, job plans, work-order tracking and service requests.