Automated Rail Information System “AXIS”

Reduce rail rates by automatically accumulating all your data, from each railroad, on every one of your movements with AXIS

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Knowledge is power, and AXIS makes you smarter about the rate structure for your rail traffic. AXIS automatically pulls data from the railroads, so you always know:

Rate reductions to go after where large rate increases have occurred
Markets where your rates are good versus where improvement is needed
The rates negatively impacting your carloads in markets
The potential savings to go after by changing who pays for the freight
Your total footprint and REAL negotiation leverage with each railroad

Don’t just take our word for it…

“Rail Rate Checker paid for itself in no time. It makes it easy to demonstrate where rail rates are too high and to support the rate levels we need for our traffic.”

Director at Steel Company

“Rail Rate Checker provides valuable intelligence that helps keep us competitive in our markets. It is used extensively during contract negotiations as it lets us benchmark our rates to competitors’ for our markets.”

Regional Account Manager - North American Mineral Company

“Rail Rate Checker is a must for my rate negotiations. The visibility and insight it offers, provides the certainty needed to explain to the railroads what I need and why. Believe me, RRC pays itself many times over!”

Logistics Manager - Building Company

“Rail Rate Checker is easy to use, it’s logical and all of my questions are answered thoroughly. The program is great for strategic planning and is thoroughly supported by Escalation Consultants.”

Director of Transportation - Food Producer

“Rail Rate Checker allows rail customers to become ‘informed consumers. It provides a database based upon accurate information provided by both the railroads and the Surface Transportation Board.”

Marketing & Transportation Consultants - Mining & Mineral Company

“Rail Rate checker is easy to use and provides the movement specific costs and rate benchmarks I need to improve negotiations with railroads.”

Transportation Consultant

“We use Rail Rate Checker and find it is extremely beneficial.”

Logistics Director - International Chemical Producer

“Escalation Consultants provide two indispensable things for rail shippers – one is an approach that helps take tension out of the negotiation process and two, a source of workable solutions to help you get the rate you need to expand your business.”

President - Car Tracking Company

“Rail Rate Checker is a great quick and easy way to determine rates that are reasonable for my movements. It allows me to be much more proactive with my railroads by educating them on the rates I need.”

Director of Strategic Initiatives – Mining & Minerals

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Efficiency through automation

AXIS does everything automatically, with no effort needed by the transportation department. AXIS retrieves all information on your movements updates them in the Database Management System (DMS). Data is updated on an hourly basis.

How AXIS Achieves Savings

Increases Your Negotiation Leverage with Railroads
Reduces Time Needed to Effectively Deal with Railroads
Creates Opportunities for Reducing Rail Expenses
Shows Where Your Rates Are Good and Where Improvement is Needed

AXIS Works Automatically So You:

Never Need to Ask Railroads What You’re Shipping
Don’t Lose Commercial Knowledge When Someone Leaves the Rail Department
Quickly Bring New Members Up to Speed With Historical Records of How Carloads, Routes, and Rates Have Changed

What AXIS Does

Origin
Destination
Route
Rate
Payer of Freight
Customer
Carload Volume
Over 30 More Data Points

Getting Setup is Easy

Simple 3-Step Process where Escalation Consultants does all the heavy lifting to get you set up with AXIS.

Then everything is automatic!