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Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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How many Class 1 Carriers are there in NA? List their abbreviations

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  • there are 7
  • UP, NS, CSXT, KCS, BNSF, CN, CPRS
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What does Y stand for? Why does it occur? What are the 3 main take aways?

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  • Y - Constructive Placement
  • Occurs when the carrier is unable to deliver the rail car due to a closed gate situation
  • The carrier instead delivers the rail car to a local serving yard and then notifies the consignee
  • The consignee must then schedule a date/time for the carrier to deliver the rial car to the consignee’s facility when their gate is open
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What does Z stand for? Fully explain the activity

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  • Z - Actual Placement
  • Signifies the rail car has been physically delivered to the consignee’s facility
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What does W stand for? Fully explain the activity

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  • W - Release
  • Signifies the rail car is available to be pulled by the carrier
  • It does not involve any physical movement
  • Typically the first and last event code to be reported during a rail car’s trip
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What does X stand for? Fully explain the activity

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  • X - Pull
  • Signifies the car is being pulled by the carrier to the main track to be joined with the rest of the train
  • First event involving physical movement
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Which event codes comprise an Origin Performance and a Destination Performance?

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  • Origin Performance: (W-X-P)
  • Destination Performance: (D-Y-Z)
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How do we define “Performance”

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Performance is an analytical term that refers to the characteristics of a certain set of trip events.

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List the three primary ways we gauge Origin and Destination Performance

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  • the order in which the events occur (if they even occur at all)
  • the individual SPLC locations where each of the events occur
  • the average time between each trip event
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List each of the eight columns of a CLM feed and their significance

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  • CLM Date - date/time the CLM was captured by the carrier’s system. determines order of CLM feed
  • ERPC - location of the reported CLM
  • Event Code - indicates what is happening to the rail car
  • L/E Status - indicates whether the car’s being reported as loaded or empty
  • Carrier - carrier in possession of the rail car
  • Train - train ID of train pulling the rail car. Can change over the course of a carrier segment
  • Destination ERPC - rail car’s destination according to the carrier’s records
  • CLM Source - the source (internal or external) reporting the CLM
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What is demurrage? What is the most common scenario in which demurrage is encountered?

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  • Demurrage is a time-based charge that occurs when the carrier is awaiting a particular action from the consignee.
  • Most commonly, it occurs when a railcar’s been CP’ed and the carrier is waiting for the consignee to schedule AP
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What is a “No Bill” charge? What is the most common scenario?

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  • A “No Bill” charge is a charge from the carrier to the shipper that occurs after the railcars been released, but before it’s been pulled.
  • Most commonly, it’s when there’s a billing issue on the BOL
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What are the three main reasons CLM feeds are difficult to analyze

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  • Missing CLMs
  • Duplicate CLMs (from different sources)
  • CLMs reported out of order
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What are the main differences between fleet and non-fleet cars?

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  • Fleet
    • owned and maintained by customer
    • often have 2nd, empty leg
  • Non-fleet
    • owned and maintained by carrier
    • often do not have a 2nd, empty leg
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What is a BOL? Why is it significant?

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  • BOL - Bill of Lading (EDI 404)
  • Contract generated by the shipper and accepted/rejected by the carrier
  • It contains important info about the shipment and is often used by QTS to track shipments
  • Critical info includes routing, O/D pair info, weight, product type, etc.
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What pieces of info make an Origin/Destination pair?

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Origin (Shipper) + Destination (Consignee)

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Draw a fleet cars transit cycle

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Did you draw it right?

17
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List the primary event codes

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  • W - Release
  • X - Pull
  • P - Departure
  • A - Arrival
  • J - Interchange Delivered
    • railcar has been delivered to the interchange by one carrier and is ready to be picked up by the next. It doesn’t guarantee that it will, though
  • R - Interchange Received
    • The railcar’s been received by the 2nd carrier at the interchange
  • D - Destination Arrival - The railcar’s approaching destination. Not in consignee’s possession
  • Y - Constructive Placement
  • Z - Actual Placement
18
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What are the 3 components that must match in order for a CLM to post to Trip Events?

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  • Waypoint location
  • Event code
  • Carrier
19
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The Trip Plan’s Event Code template is designed to do what?

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  • Assign anticipated event codes to waypoints along route
  • It’s designed to mimic the primary event code occurrences in a transit cycle
20
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PRD users determine statistical CLM patterns by using a QTS proprietary software program called _____________

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Process Manager

21
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Trip Events that share the same carrier within a Trip Plan are grouped together to form _____________

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Carrier Segments

22
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What is an A11 deviation or “gap”?

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  • An A11 deviation (1 of 140 deviations) signals a batch of reported CLMs don’t qualify as Trip Events.
  • This Trip Plan variation can be due to 4 main scenarios
23
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List the 4 main reasons that lead to A11 deviation scenarios

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  • Genuinely off course
  • Inaccurate or out-of-date
  • Alternate Trip Plan
  • Blind spot in TFM
24
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What are the 4 components of a Trip Plan?

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  • Carrier Segments
  • Waypoint locations
  • Waypoint & cumulative hours
  • Event Code template
25
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What is the Original ETA? How is this value calculated for use in TFM?

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  • Static value
  • Ship date + cumulative hours in Trip Plan
  • It uses hours from the Waypoint Statistics table from up to the past 61 trips to make calculations. If it is the first trip, it uses hours generated by the Trip Plan.
26
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What is the Current ETA? How is this value calculated for use in TFM?

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  • Dynamic value
  • Last posted Trip Event + remaining cumulative hours in Trip Plan
  • It uses hours from the Waypoint Statistics table from up to the past 61 trips to make calculations. If it is the first trip, it uses hours generated by the Trip Plan.
27
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What number of most recent railcars worth of data is stored in a Trip Plan?

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61

28
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T/F
The Trip Plan is a digital list of predetermined SPLC locations, which are geographically arranged in a way that mimics the statistical reporting pattern of a CLM feed.

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True

29
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T/F
“Double-backing” CLM movement is visible in Process Manager.

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True

30
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T/F
Using Process Manager is the only way to determine the need for an Alternative Trip Plan.

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True

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