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If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the
rate of change on the inside, the end is near.Jack Welch - Former Chairman and CEO of GE
THE NEED FOR INNOVATION
Alan Shaw – Norfolk Southern, EVP and CMO
The economy is in constant change
The Global Economy
Volatile, room for innovation, inevitable
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THE NEED FOR INNOVATION
All of this change creates
challenges to running an
efficient profitable railway
The risk of the rail industry having significant net
outflows of workers is very high. Many of those leaving
possess knowledge and skills not easily replicated.
The Changing Face of Rail by Australasian Railway Association Inc.
The accelerating changes in climate make it more
difficult to predict frequency and intensity of weather
events that can affect rail.
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
By U.S. Global Change Research Program, Thomas R. Karl
There is an increasing need to respond quickly to external
change
Weather Events
Workforce Demographics
Connected sensors = IoT + Big Data = So what?
Opportunity for Efficiency through Innovation
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In just the last two years we’ve generated something
like 90% of the world’s data… data analytics will
transform all industries moving forward.
Forbes.com, Adapt or die: the digital disruption imperative.
As the rail industry becomes more instrumented,
interconnected and intelligent, business model
innovation becomes more attainable. For rail executives
to capitalize on such change, they need to accelerate
investment in new intelligence.
Keith Dierkx at IBM, The Smarter Railroad: An Opportunity for The Railroad Industry
The Internet of Things
Leads to Big Data
Requires Maths
Mobility & the cloud
Delivers real time solves
Academia produces multitudes of papers on the application
of mathematical techniques
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APPLICATIONS OF INNOVATION FOR EFFICIENCY
Optimization Methods
for Multistage Freight
Train Formation
Integrating
Timetabling and
Crew Scheduling at a
Freight Railway
Operator
Optimal Train
Dispatching by
Benders’-Like
Reformulation
A Two-Model
Solution Approach for
the Monthly Coal
Train Reservations
Planning Problem
Mixed-Integer
Programming for
Railway Capacity
Analysis and Cyclic,
Combined Train
Timetabling and
Platforming
A Railway Timetable
Rescheduling
Approach for
Handling Large-Scale
Disruptions
Optimizing Bus
Bridging Services in
Response to
Disruptions of Urban
Transit Rail Networks
Integrated
Optimization of
Rolling Stock
Rotations for Intercity
Railways
So need is there and tech is there, so why is it so hard?
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SOUNDS EASY… ISN’T
17% of lT projects budgeted at $15 million or higher go
so badly as to threaten the company's existence, and
more than 40% of them fail.
Mckinsey - Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value
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The People
The Scope The Adaptability
For major corporate systems investments, 80% were
not used as intended—or not at all—six months after
installation.
Gartner Research - Engaging Stakeholders for Project Success
PROJECT SCOPE IS ILL-DEFINED AND TOO BROAD
The total cost of larger IT projects always cost more than everyone thinks,
they're almost impossible to accurately forecast in advance, and innovation
is constantly undermined by the tender process.
University of Auckland Computer Science Lecturer, Paul Ralph
Start with “why?”
1 2 3
AskThe right questions
AskThe right people
Don’tBuy the way you usually do
We’ve established our environment is volatile but…
We then run projects in a vacuum
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IT PROJECTS ARE NOT DYNAMIC
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Project Time, Scope and Budget Fixed – no
problem!
COTS.. yeah, sure it is.
But you don’t know what you need
So learn on the way - reconnaissance by fire
Accept failure as part of the process, not the end
Business wants to know what it will get
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Don’t underestimate one
persons ability to tank a
massive project
It’s built, your shiny new tool, But if not
adopted -- the benefits will not flow
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Pacific National ran a successful Locomotive Control System
Project using these methods
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SO DOES IT WORK?
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The People
The Scope
The Adaptability
The Biarri team involved us from the start… we
were involved in pretty much everything they did as
the LMCS came together…The system is very
reliable, easy to use and trainer friendly.
- Graham Horobin, Road Controller
“The LMCS system is impressively reliable, intuitive
and is extremely well designed. …The project team,
including Biarri, should use this as a model for IT
project delivery and change management.”
Ben Pryor, Terminal Manager
RFP “What” vs “Why”
Waterfall vs Agile
COTS vs Inclusive dev
A look into the end product
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SO DOES IT WORK?
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The Old System The New System
In conclusion….
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THE WRAP UP
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The Rail Industry is always
changing
Mathematical innovation can
deliver efficiencies
We need to re-think how we
deploy these smart IT systems
It has already started…
so, get on board.
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Tom ForbesBiarri Rail CEO
Phone: 0408 703 436
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/forbestom
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