Railcar Maintenance & Repair

Railcar Repair Management (RMS)

RMS is a powerful cloud-based software aimed at helping repair shops run more efficiently and economically. Our scalable solution is great for stand-alone shops or larger network shops that are looking to boost productivity.

Railcar Repair Billing (CRB)

Railcar Repair Billing (CRB) is a cloud-based billing platform designed to serve the needs of Railroads for both AAR billed repairs and Multi-level Pool Billing (MLPB) for autoreacts. An end-to-end solution that enables railroads to protect their track asset, identify and repair high-risk rolling stock at or before interchange, and bills car owners all through one platform.

Invoice & Estimate Approval (Insight)

With Insight for Railcars, railcar owners and shippers can optimize railcar maintenance, obtain a bird’s eye view of the entire railcar fleet, access industry data, monitor equipment health, and audit & approve estimates/invoices.

Railcar Repair Management (RMS)

 

With over 75+ shops across the United States, Kaleris RMS is a powerful cloud-based software aimed at helping repair shops run more efficiently and economically. Our scalable solution is great for stand-alone shops or larger network shops that are looking to boost productivity.

Railcar Repair Management System is much more than just car repair billing. It enables users to streamline the entire repair process, track rail equipment and related repair history, manage inventory, labor, etc.

Additionally, the application is highly scalable regardless of the size of your operation and backed by a support team with extensive knowledge and experience working with different types of repair facilities.

RMS Capabilities

  • Manage single or multiple repair facilities
  • Track status of equipment in repair and manage shop capacity
  • Mobile application to perform railcar inspections and record repair lines
  • Generate billing repair card estimates and invoices in 500-byte format
  • Retrieve and report industry data with RailInc. (alert closures, component IDs, air brake tests)
  • Manage & record materials, labor, and inventory levels
  • Utilize pre-built Shop Performance Reports and better track productivity metrics from a facility to a repair level

Railcar Repair Billing (CRB)

 

A powerful and intuitive CRB system for railroads to easily identify cars needing repair, create BRCs, manage material, and seamlessly integrate with Rail Industry Data.

Kaleris helps AAR repair operation can be more efficient and hassle-free with the Kaleris CRB solution. We have helped more than 60 companies, including a Class I Railroad and large, short-line railroads. AAR and railroad repair shops choose Kaleris as their car repair billing platform over our competitors because of its usability, vast integration capabilities, and flexibility when it comes to specific company needs.

CRB Capabilities

 

  • Easily identify high-risk equipment at the interchange
  • Create BRCs in seconds
  • Receive Umler, EHMS, EA, and MA data on the cars that arrive
  • Automatic closure of alerts once repairs are done and reporting to Rail Inc
  • Integrate accounting, inventory, and time management systems
  • Back-office suite to manage inbound CROP files

Invoice & Estimate Approval

 

With Kaleris Invoice & Estimate Approval for Railcars, railcar owners and shippers can optimize railcar maintenance, obtain a bird’s eye view of the entire railcar fleet, access industry data, and monitor equipment health.

Invoice & Estimate Approval Capabilities

Improved Fleet Metric and Reporting

Invoice & Estimate Approval manages key aspects of your fleet and offers real-time business insights through robust reports. Using the reporting dashboard, users can generate many configurable reports to help see trends within their fleet.

Support Shopping Decisions and Analyze Repair Costs

Store historical repair data including AAR billed repairs and contract shop repairs to help analyze repair costs and fleet maintenance trends. Invoice & Estimate Approval supports your shopping decisions by showing detailed reports of the fleet repair history.

Streamline the Shopping Process and Better Communicate with Shops

The repair dashboard tracks the status of your railcars at each repair shop. Contract Shops can access the Shop Portal to update status, submit estimates, invoices, and other important information regarding repairs being performed.

Manage Lessee Agreements and Generate Rebuttal Billing

Invoice & Estimate Approval tracks the leased equipment and the terms of the agreement. It automatically creates rebuttal billing for contract shop and AAR billed repairs.

Audit BRC Invoices For Accuracy

After receiving invoices from repair shops or CROP files from Kaleris CRBDX, the BRC auditing identifies billing errors within invoices against standard AAR audit rules and specific user-configurable audit rules.

Analyze Fleet Data and Improve Maintenance Management

Analyze your historical fleet data to manage ongoing budgeting for repairs, identify high-risk equipment based on component failure rates, and provide detailed reporting on repairs made across the fleet and potential future repairs.