TRIS Online Record

Title	"CARLOC" OR "HOW DO CN CUSTOMERS ACQUIRE AN ONLINE (REAL TIME) CAR TRACING SYSTEM"?
Accession No	00322574
Authors	POZNIAK, A R; Boule, J A
Conference Title	CR/Proceedings, Conference 1979-Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS); Data Processing Management Association of Canada (DPMA Canada); Federation de l'Inf du Que (FIQ), Montreal, Quebec, June 25-28, 1979.
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Canadian Information Processing Society
Publication Date	19790000
Description	p. 184-187
Abstract	The CARLOC dial-in system deals with the tracing of railroad cars, piggyback trailers and containers on a real-time basis. This system is designed for customer utilization regardless of his location, providing he has access to a Telex, TWX or Dataphone. Utilization of the system is very simple and it provides a variety of reports regarding the various phases of activity of each unit.
Supplemental Information	CR/Proceedings, Conference 1979-Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS); Data Processing Management Association of Canada (DPMA Canada); Federation de l'Inf du Que (FIQ), Montreal, Quebec, June 25-28, 1979.
TRT Terms	Automatic car identification ; Car tracing (Railroads) ; Information systems ; Telecommunications ; Traffic managers
Other Terms	Car location messages; Car tracing; Shippers
Subject Areas	R17 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Availability	Canadian Information Processing Society
Document Source	Engineering Index
TRIS Files	RRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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