The Equipment Advisory System enables the rail industry to identify mechanical problems on rail equipment that could impact the safe movement or handling of the equipment. Authorized users can create Equipment Instructions (EI), Informational Notice (IN) and Special Handling (SH) advisories, issue supplements to advisories, assign equipment to advisories, report inspections and repairs for equipment, and perform queries of advisories and equipment.
The primary benefits of the Equipment Advisory System are:
- Enhanced create process, reducing supplements
- View of all cars on an advisory
- No need for duplicate advisories
- Simplified severity and activity codes
- Prioritize/escalate individual equipment on a single advisory
- Improved equipment handling with new advisories types
- Refresh Equipment Advisory messages
