Vistair, the market leading provider of advanced Operational Document Management and Safety Management Systems for the aviation industry has broadened its partnership with Fiji Airways, the flag carrier of Fiji, to implement DocuNet for Engineering, the most complete, single platform for streamlined engineering content.
Northern Virginia commuter network improving safety, compliance, and operations through technology
Beloit, WI – MARCH 7, 2023 – Having led the way in passenger rail deployments at its operation of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Commuter Rail network, Keolis North America is extending the Comply365 mobile technology to its operation of the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) network in Washington, DC and northern Virginia.
In 2021, Keolis deployed the cloud-hosted software provider Comply365’s innovative content management system and mobile app for train crews and other personnel across its Boston commuter rail operation. Keolis is continuing this digital transformation of transit services in partnership with VRE. Conductors and engineers will now rely on an application-equipped tablet to access critical operating rules, bulletins, special instructions, and other important documents they would otherwise have to physically carry.
“Moving to digital delivery of critical content will allow our crews to more quickly and easily access and search safety and operating procedures, rather than flipping through bulky paper,” said John Kerins, general manager of Keolis rail operations in Virginia. “The Comply365 platform will help us create a more efficient operation while further enhancing safety and compliance.”
Operating on two Class I railroads and Amtrak territory, VRE crews are required to be proficient in three completely separate sets of rules and operating procedures. By transitioning to a digital platform, crews will be able to easily search and identify applicable rules across territories, even where practices differ by host railroad.
Beyond the operational benefits, Keolis has seen printed distributions reduced by over 95% at terminals. representing both significant cost and time savings and contributing to Keolis’s commitment to environmental stewardship.
The rail operation will also be able to target and personalize the documents it distributes and automatically track compliance – providing an easier way to verify that frontline employees have read and understood important updates to rules and operating procedures. Comply365’s intuitive mobile app will enable crew members to quickly search and filter across all their documents, create bookmarks, and annotate important documents.
Comply365’s rail division includes several Class I, II and III freight customers, as well as passenger and commuter rail operators. Digital transformation has improved rail safety by simplifying the authoring, distributing and compliance of all content associated with operating practices. In addition to targeted content distribution, data captured in the field from electronic forms is contributing to greater efficiencies. Digital transformation has also introduced the automation of training programs to ensure new levels of safety.
“It’s a pleasure to expand the Keolis partnership and welcome Keolis’s operation of the VRE network to our Comply365 Community of rail users who are digitally transforming their operations,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We are excited that VRE crews will enjoy the benefits that come from the elimination of paper books and easier access to the operational content they need to safely do their job.”
VRE provides commuter rail service from Central and Northern Virginia to Alexandria, Crystal City and Washington, D.C. It operates 32 trains from 19 stations, carrying an average of 6,000 passengers daily.
ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.
ABOUT KEOLIS
Keolis provides safe, reliable mobility services to millions of people every year. With the rider experience at the forefront, Keolis safely carries more than 121 million passengers each year on local, commuter, paratransit, and commuter rail services in North America. Keolis employs over 6,000 people throughout the United States and Canada. Additional information is available at www.keolisnorthamerica.com.
ABOUT VRE
The nation’s 13th largest commuter rail service, VRE connects Central and Northern Virginia with the District of Columbia. VRE is recognized for its provision of safe, reliable, convenient, and comfortable transportation. Additional information is available at www.vre.org.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe
Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
+1 608 313 1500
marketing@comply365.com
Keolis North America
Justin Thompson, Director of Marketing and Communications
+1 857.360.1177
Justin.thompson@keolisna.com
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Comply365’s Mobile Platform to Deliver Critical Documents to Engineers & Conductors
Beloit, WI – FEB. 1, 2023 – Comply365 is pleased to welcome Iowa Northern Railway to its growing Class III short line railroad community. The railroad will transform its operation to digital rule books and forms to increase efficiency, enhance safety, and save paper and printing costs.
The railroad’s conductors and engineers will soon leave heavy bags of paper documentation behind, replacing them with the Comply365 mobile app on tablets that will deliver the rule books, bulletins, special instructions, and other mission-critical documents that each crew member needs, straight to their fingertips.
“We were looking for a better way to manage our operational content and compliance to ensure our crews have the most up-to-date information. Comply365 stood out with their success in digitizing the rail industry,” said Mark Vaughn, Assistant General Manager at Iowa Northern Railway. “We look forward to benefitting from a more efficient operation with targeted distribution to our crews.”
Based in Waterloo, Iowa, the freight railroad serves industries throughout North Central Iowa to Cedar Rapids, providing first and last mile service and connecting Iowa’s manufacturing and agricultural communities with access to all Class I railroads and the entire North American rail network.
Conductors and engineers will be able to quickly find the operational content they need by searching and filtering to only relevant information they need, while adding personal annotations, bookmarks, and highlights to their documents, which will be retained across revisions.
The railroad will be able to ensure crews have the most up-to-date content with automatic revision control, and it will be able to break down compliance status in different views for insights to improve compliance.
Iowa Northern will also capture data from crew members using Comply365’s electronic forms, which can kick off workflows and support data-driven decisions.
Comply365’s rail division includes several Class I, II, and III freight customers, as well as passenger and commuter rail operators. Digital transformation has improved rail safety by simplifying the authoring, distributing and compliance of all content associated with operating practices. In addition to targeted content distribution, data captured in the field from electronic forms is contributing to greater efficiencies. Digital transformation has also introduced the automation of training programs to ensure new levels of safety.
“We are happy to welcome Iowa Northern Railway to Comply365’s rail community, which continues to grow and diversify as rail operators across the industry see the benefits of sharing operational content both within their railroad and across partner railroads,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We are excited to help Iowa Northern shed paper and transform their business to increase operational safety and efficiency.”
ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.
ABOUT IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY
Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) is a Class III shortline railroad serving industries throughout North Central Iowa to Cedar Rapids. IANR is a privately owned, innovative corporation providing a responsive approach to first and last mile service and connecting Iowa’s manufacturing and agricultural communities to the transportation network.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe
Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
+1 608 313 1500
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Train Crews to Have Instant, Easy Access to Critical Content
Beloit, WI – JAN. 24, 2023 – Cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 is pleased to announce its continued transformation of the rail industry with its newest partner, Conrail, which will convert its large “grips” of paper rulebooks into a more efficient operation with Comply365’s content management system and mobile app for train crews.
Comply365’s solution will enable Conrail to better enhance safety and compliance – and provide new efficiencies as train crews leave large paper manuals behind, and access all their critical documents with easy searching on a tablet.
Class 1 railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern jointly own Conrail, which as a local service provider ensures customers’ freight shipments are safely and efficiently moved between their rail sidings and the long-distance freight trains operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern.
“We needed an innovative system that would keep our rulebooks consistent across our network and make it easy for our crews to access the information they need to do their jobs safely and efficiently,” said Brian Simon, Manager of Safety at Conrail. “The experience and value Comply365 bring will make it a smooth transition for our administrators to begin electronic document delivery and an intuitive experience for our mobile end users.”
Thanks to Comply365’s expansive customer community of rail users and the use of APIs, Conrail plans to easily tap into rulebooks, bringing operational efficiencies for Conrail.
Comply365, whose customers include many of the major airlines across the globe, is leading a digital transformation in the rail industry, much like it did in aviation a decade ago. Comply365’s rail division includes several Class 1 freight customers, as well as passenger and commuter rail operators across North America.
Conrail’s project will digitize rulebooks, bulletins, special instructions, and other mission-critical documents that train conductors, engineers and other operational personnel must carry to safely operate across the rail system. The effort provides savings in printing and distribution costs, and also allows them to deliver personalized and targeted content to specific crews or departments with alerts and push notifications, as well as compliance tracking.
End users will be able to quickly search and filter across all their documents in an easy-to-use app, and bookmark and annotate important documents – online or offline.
“We are happy to welcome Conrail into our rail community that continues to grow, and we’re excited for them to realize the benefits of digitizing their operational content and processes,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “The efficiencies they’ll gain from having an operational content management platform that captures compliance is transformative.”
ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe
Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
+1 608 313 1500
marketing@comply365.com
If your railroad’s paper-based operational documents are a thing of the past – now ready to become a collector’s item on eBay – congratulations! Digital transformation for rail’s paper-based grips, bulletins, timetables, general orders, rule books and manuals are a big accomplishment and should be celebrated.
But taking the next digital step is where even more value comes in.
First movers in rail experienced the cost reductions, efficiencies, and safety gains of digitizing documents. But the journey continues to a broader transformation – the era of smart content delivery.
Comply365 has been partnering with rail operators to provide support at every step of their digital transformation journey, including delivery of smart content to engineers and conductors. In this Railway Age article, read more about three major initiatives where our technology is at the cornerstone.
Ready to learn more? Reach out to us for more details on how you can start delivering smart content to your mobile end users. 
Comply365 to digitize train crew materials for easy access and to eliminate cumbersome paper manuals that must be on-hand; MBTA Commuter Rail first of its type to adopt this safety modernization in U.S.
Beloit, WI – Jan. 26, 2021 – Keolis Commuter Services (Keolis), operating partner for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Commuter Rail network, has partnered with cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 to adopt an innovative content management system and mobile application for train crews and other operational personnel. These platforms will further digitize Commuter Rail operations, enhance safety and compliance, and provide new efficiencies, including eliminating the need for train crews to carry large paper manuals.
“We warmly welcome Keolis and their crews across the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Commuter Rail to the Comply365 rail division community,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We are honored they have chosen to partner with us in their transformation to a digital operation, allowing them to enhance the delivery of safe, reliable, and consistent rail services.”
Comply365 is an industry leader in providing operators a user-friendly mobile solution to access the mission-critical information they need at their fingertips, with the ability to quickly search and filter, bookmark, and annotate important documents.
With funding from the MBTA, Comply365’s platform will support Keolis’ digital transformation to electronic content delivery using tablets. The move digitizes rulebooks, bulletins, special instructions, and other operational documents that more than 1,000 train conductors, locomotive engineers, track workers, and other operational personnel are required to carry when operating on the Commuter Rail network. Keolis and the MBTA will be able to more easily verify that important updates to rules and operating procedures have been read and understood by the relevant front-line employees, further enhancing compliance and safety.
“We’ve introduced a number of digital innovations since 2014 in partnership with the MBTA, such as the ability to accept credit cards onboard trains and biometric timeclocks,” said David Scorey, Keolis CEO and General Manager. “This platform will make critical safety and compliance information even more accessible and easier to reference for our operational personnel. Further, updates to these materials will be much easier to administer.”
Certain employees, such as train conductors and engineers, are required to carry and reference rulebooks and other documentation when operating on the railroad. Keolis’ adoption of the Compy365 platform makes MBTA Commuter Rail the first U.S. commuter network to introduce this innovation and digitize its federally-mandated documentation. Similar innovations were introduced in the airline industry when the FAA approved replacing paper manuals with electronic flight bags.
Comply365, whose customers include many of the major airlines around the globe, is leading a similar transformation in the railway industry after investments to enhance its solution for rail users. In addition to Keolis and the MBTA Commuter Rail, Comply365’s rail division has grown to include Canadian National, Amtrak and Norfolk Southern.
“Our depth of experience in transforming the complex aviation industry in similar ways prove our expertise and solutions are leading a pivotal aspect of the rail industry’s digital transformation to shed paper-based documentation,” Samuel said. “It’s exciting to partner with leaders in both rail and aviation organizations who value our vision. There is a lot to be gained by both industries as we collaborate together on their mutual challenges to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant digital operations.”
ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients unlike other service providers to transform industries.
ABOUT KEOLIS COMMUTER SERVICES
Keolis Commuter Services (Keolis Boston) has operated and maintained the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter rail system since July 1, 2014. The fifth largest commuter rail operation in North America, the system carries approximately 127,000 daily passengers throughout the greater Boston area and services 141 stations over 394 miles. KCS is a subsidiary of Keolis North America (KNA), both headquartered in Boston, and employs approximately 2,400 people throughout the region. Keolis Boston and KNA are part of Keolis Group, an innovative global leader in transit services with more than a century of passenger transportation experience and operations in 16 countries.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe, Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608.313.1500
Justin Thompson, Senior Manager for Public Relations and Government Affairs
Keolis Commuter Services
Justin.Thompson@keoliscs.com
+1 857.360.1177
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1673988081852{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Project to Provide Digital Delivery of Rulebooks & Important Documents to 8,000 Employees
Beloit, WI – Jan. 7, 2021 – Cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 continues its expansion into the rail industry and is pleased to announce a partnership with Norfolk Southern, one of North America’s largest Class I railroads. Norfolk Southern will leverage the Comply365 content management system and mobile application to digitize its operations, improve efficiency, and enhance safety and compliance.
Comply365’s platform will support Norfolk Southern’s digital transformation efforts already underway. The project digitizes rulebooks, bulletins, special instructions, and other mission-critical documents that train conductors, engineers, and other operational personnel must carry while on duty. The project will roll out to more than 8,000 operational employees across the railroad in 2021.
“Our move from the paper world has already begun, and we’re excited to realize the benefits that a more digital workplace will provide. As we researched a solution to complement our ongoing efforts, Comply365 stood out as a leader in digitally transforming the transportation industry,” Norfolk Southern Director Operating Rules Corey Veal said. “We look forward to providing our employees with an easy-to-use app that supports operational safety and compliance and creates a more efficient document management and delivery system.”
Norfolk Southern operates approximately 19,500 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers.
Comply365, whose customers include many of the major airlines across the globe, is leading a digital transformation in the rail industry, much like it did in aviation over the past decade. Comply365’s rail division includes customers such as Canadian National, Amtrak, and Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s commuter rail network.
“We are happy to welcome the team at Norfolk Southern to our Comply365 rail division community,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “The move Norfolk Southern and many others in the rail industry are making to their operational content management is transformational. We look forward to seeing the gains they will soon realize from electronic document delivery and automatic compliance tracking.”
Comply365 is an industry leader in providing operators a user-friendly mobile solution to access the mission-critical information they need at their fingertips, with the ability to quickly search and filter, bookmark, and annotate important documents.
ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients unlike other service providers to transform industries.
ABOUT NORFOLK SOUTHERN
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 19,500 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern is a major transporter of industrial products, including chemicals, agriculture, and metals and construction materials. In addition, the railroad operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a principal carrier of coal, automobiles, and automotive parts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe, Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608.313.1500
Norfolk Southern Corporation
media.relations@nscorp.com
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