33. Closing rail's visibility gap: how telematics is changing railcar operations

You can track a pizza to your door in real time. Most companies can't tell you where their own million dollar railcar is sitting, even in their own yard.

Jared DeVries spent twelve years at CP Rail, now CPKC, working in marketing, pricing, and sales, and time on the tracks as a qualified conductor. He now runs JW Rail Solutions, helping shippers get more out of an industry that's still catching up on aggregating its own data.

In this episode, Jared breaks down who actually owns the railcars moving across North America, why rail has been slower to modernize than other industrial categories, and where telematics fits as the foundation for the visibility everyone in the industry is asking for.

Resources:

• Connect with Jason Hehman on LinkedIn
• Connect with Jared DeVries on LinkedIn
• Learn more about the Modern Industrialist Xchange podcast at https://txidigital.com/mix-podcast