OREANDA-NEWS. On March 18, 2009 Azovstal Steel Plant, a part of Metinvest Group, has adopted an exceptional information and dispatch system of rail transport management (IDS), reported the press-centre of Azovstal. 

It helps automate the system of accounting of railcars at the plant. Overall investment amounted to UAH 200,000, whereas the economic effect of the trial industrial system over 9 months made UAH 1.3m.

The e-system operating online ensures prompt access to the latest information about any train: its location, task, load, etc. This helps avoid idle periods in operation of the rolling stock, use the in-house resources efficiently and avoid the risk of inactivity of railcars required for production activities.

"In 2008, we optimized expenses of the plant in the area of payments for railcar use and made rail logistics at the enterprise more effective", explains CEO of Azovstal Dmitriy Livshits.