RAILS™ CAN NOW ASSESS DEMURRAGE CHARGES AND OTHER ASSESSORIAL COSTS

(Framingham, Massachusetts) – NorthEast Logistics Systems announces a major upgrade to RAILS™, their comprehensive Rail Asset Integrated Logistics System.  In addition to existing advanced service management capabilities, RAILS now supports the analysis of demurrage and other assessorial charges and can relate these charges to specific service cycles and facilities.

"Working with one of our clients, we zeroed in on the cumbersome and time-consuming reconciliation process that many shippers and receivers encounter." said, Richard Flynn, NELS President.  "Our approach goes beyond verification of charges by identifying approaches to reduce demurrage exposure."

RAILS™ is a cloud-based software suite providing rail shippers, fleet managers and rail carriers with advanced analytical and visualization tools to improve freight car velocity, isolate recurring points of delay and accurately forecast delivery and interchange windows.

“A key differentiator of RAILS™ has been its ability to integrate disparate real-time data direct from rail carriers, 3PL's and from existing tracking systems with ease” said Richard Flynn, President of NorthEast Logistics Systems, LLC (NELS). The RAILS™ suite is easy to deploy and can be soft-coupled to existing TMS Systems via the cloud. RAILS™ integrates conventional CLM and AEI tracking with GPS and GIS visualization.

“Users can literally see, via interactive map, chart or graph, exactly where problems are occurring.” said Flynn.  "Now we add the management of demurrage and other assessorial costs to our capabilities."

RAILS™ includes a number of modules geared to analyzing and optimizing different aspects of rail operations.

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