Indian Railways

Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail), abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.), is the state-owned railway company of India, which owns and operates most of the country's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64,015 kilometres (39,777 mi)[5] of track and 6,909 stations. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after that of the United States, Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth

palgrave-journals.com/jit/ Teaching Case Competing technology options and stakeholder interests for tracking freight railcars in Indian Railways Shirish C Srivastava1, Sharat S Mathur 2, Thompson SH Teo3 1 Operations Management and Information Technology Department, HEC School of Management, Paris, France; Centre for Railway Information Systems, Indian Railways, New Delhi, India; 3 School of Business, National University of Singapore, Singapore 2 O PY Correspondence: SC Srivastava

Case Study Analysis: Indian Railways The case study on Indian Railways (IR) procurement practices by Nag (2013) is one of the most comprehensive case studies ever illustrated based on IR techniques. Furthermore, the case study clearly represented various aspects of the IR procurement management with clearly distinguishing sections depicting the humongous IR network of railways; methodologies used in procurement practices for vendor selection; controlling and regulation practices related to procurement;

Do you think Indian Railway is an example for monopoly market? What are the types of price discrimination that Indian railway practice? Introduction Indian railway is one of the best example for showing monopoly. In economics, monopoly exists when delivery of a particular product or service is completely controlled by an individual or an enterprise. Indian Railways is the state-owned railway company of India having more than 64000 Kilometres of track and 6909 stations. Indian railways has a position

What Management Is Question 1 An ‘External Orientation’ rather than an ‘Inward Focus’ is useful in understanding the concept of value. Describe ‘Value Creation’ from the context of Low-Cost Airlines (No-Frill airlines). Compare it with how the Indian Railways creates value. Answer 1 Value creation is a term which cannot be defined / quantified specifically and measured accurately or attributed a particular definition. It has a distinct and broad view and originates from the customers point of view

the country whereas NH 53 which runs from also passes through Nagpur providing east-west connectivity. The roads within the city are also well developed as part of the governments Integrated Road Development Project [x]. 2. Railways: Nagpur railway station is an important railway station with rail links to almost all major cities of the country. Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is also establishing a rail terminal near MIHAN on 66 Acres of land which will further boost the case of Nagpur as

enterprise with a definite cost 7 | P a g e advantage. Railways can generate significant cost savings by sending tickets, newsletters, quotes, and other documents via Internet, rather than by post. Most importantly, Railways can save on customer service costs by enabling customers to serve themselves. Differentiation: The features 1 to 8 put Railways in this category. E-ticketing is a win-win solution for the Indian Railways. It offers them the chance to make considerable savings in both

Strategic Adoption & implementation of Cloud in Indian Railways, India: A case study. Introduction: Indian Railways (IR), the largest rail network in Asia and the world 's second largest under one management, spanning over 6000 stations, carries 17 million passengers every day. Only a million passengers travel with reserved seat tickets, and the remaining 16 million passengers travel each day without a confirmed seat. While reserved ticketing technology is enabled, unreserved ticketing was done

as well as CENTRAL FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM can benefit from its use. Indian Railways uses BSP when they want a new way to view the organization and determine the information needs in order to build CRIS. This process is very comprehensive, therefore it is often time consuming and expensive. BSP defines the information architecture for IR. Back ground: An efficient planning document is essential for Indian Railways for the economic health of the country. Indian Railways connects the different

oddities and abhorrence generated from within and outside, the railways has steamed ahead ceremoniously since its inception in 1853. It has completed a glorious 162 years, enjoyed the best and worst times during its long history starting with the British Colonoial Raj to the present. Through history, the railways have been deemed a ‘calamity’ and a ‘boon’. Romesh Chandra Dutta, critic of the British Raj in Indian, described the railways as ‘wasteful expenditure’ and a ‘hazardous and dangerous venture’