Ab Ovo
Ab Ovo
Advancing Sustainable and Efficient Rail Cargo Operations with Innovative IT Solutions
This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine, Issue 3 2024.
The Eco Logic Platform: Pioneering Sustainable IT Solutions
The Importance of Green IT Green IT is becoming increasingly crucial as every part of the value chain must adapt to support sustainability goals, including IT applications. IT solutions need to be carbon-efficient and adaptable to future regulations to meet these challenges effectively.
Ab Ovo’s Eco Logic Platform
The Eco Logic Platform is a groundbreaking solution designed to address these sustainability challenges. It is built using one of the most energyefficient programming languages, and allows for the measurement of energy consumption for each software functionality in CO2 equivalents. The Eco Logic Platform is ideal for modernising legacy systems and creating maintainable, energy-friendly software.
Eco Logic Platform – Rail Cargo ERP Modules
- Train Requests – registration, planning, executing, follow up, reporting and invoicing the request from a customer to run a train
- Offering – register the RFQ, assigning a logistical plan, adding additional services, calculating costs and creating the offer
- Contracts – contains the agreements and pricing of the orders
- Orders – contain all data about the transport, including consignment note; automatically validated against contracts and apply correct commitments; invoiced after execution
- Planning – order, train, shunting and activities planning, including validations
- Execution – running the trains including all relevant documentation; validations for safety, ensures real-time visibility and precise management of approved orders
- Wagon defect handling – registration, handling reporting and used in the execution of the transports
- Financials – calculation of revenue, creation of invoices, credit notes; mapping of supplier invoices
- Administration – manages user access, permissions and system configurations securely
- Master data – maintains essential data for seamless operation and consistency
- Reporting – dashboards, overviews and exports of data
- Mobile – handling of production activities via mobile applications directly connected to the main system
