Freight, Logistics & Rail

The Challenge In the Freight, Logistics & Rail Sectors

To succeed today, you need to successfully address a set of challenges that is more complex and diverse than ever before. Among them:

Growing demands from customers for more effective tracking, faster delivery and lower rates
Logistical planning that is complicated by new routes, inefficiencies and turnover
Skyrocketing energy and fuel costs; increasing security and regulatory concerns

Fortunately, the opportunities are equally tremendous – if you have the information technology (IT) infrastructure and systems you need to seize them.

Transportation: Logistics Service Providers

The transportation sector is challenged by globalization, consolidation and the need for faster, more visible and more flexible supply chains. In response, astute providers are now seeking a more agile transportation enterprise.

The Answer

Success means finding ways to use your existing infrastructure, assets and personnel more effectively. How? By aligning your business and IT strategies and by putting the solutions in place that will give you greater agility through inevitable industry changes, while supporting your growth and profitability.

It's a complex task – but one you don't have to face alone.

EDS offers an unsurpassed level of business insight into the freight, logistics and rail sectors. More important, we're able to translate these insights into world-class IT solutions that deliver rapid results and solid bottom-line benefits:

More efficient use of manpower
Logistical and route planning that saves time, energy and money
Visibility and traceability of inventory
Real-time communication and information sharing with your personnel and customers
New levels of collaboration and standardization

With EDS, you can bring these and other competitive advantages to your organization.

Set Your Course For Success

From upfront consultation to niche applications to enterprisewide solutions for creating efficiencies across your organization and keeping you competitive on the road ahead, EDS is ready to meet your needs with a wide array of services tailored specifically to your industry.

Since 1962, EDS has been a leader in developing applications and IT solutions for companies in every area of the transportation sector. Our 9,000 transportation professionals can draw upon a global network of infrastructure, applications and outsourcing services to bring your organization the solutions you need to succeed.

The Results

Creating efficiencies. Reducing costs. Opening new opportunities for growth and profitability. All over the world, EDS is helping companies like yours find better and smarter ways to do business.

In 1998, a transportation company was losing 3.7 percent of total revenue on passengers traveling without a ticket, but with smart cards that enabled paperless travel and supporting electronic gates and card readers, this number dropped to 2 percent in 1999.
A leading transportation company boosted its dispatcher productivity by 10 percent.
A growing logistics company with locations in 68 countries tapped EDS to develop an IT road map that downsized its applications portfolio and created substantial back-office efficiencies, allowing the company to control costs while increasing scale and customer service.
When the U.S. Postal Service changed its electronic data interchange requirements, a commercial carrier stood to lose a substantial portion of its revenues. By partnering with EDS, it was up to code in just three months.

Whatever your strategic or operational destination may be, EDS can help get you there.