New innovation from IRD for sharing data across multiple WIM sites

First published in Intertraffic Innovation News - May 26, 2020

The main use of data created at commercial vehicle weigh-in-motion (WIM) inspection stations is to screen vehicles for weight, credential and safety violations, to determine which vehicles need static weighing and inspection. Traditionally, commercial vehicle screening sites only used data for that sorting function and to present information to enforcement staff.

Optimising staffing at sites requires knowledge of the times of day when there is the most need for inspection. Up to now, operators across several weigh stations would have to tally inspections by time of day and submit their records for analysis.

A new option for quickly reviewing operations is IRD’s Central Data Management System (CDMS). This modern, dashboard-oriented, cloud-hosted solution, CDMS enables system-wide and station-level historical reporting and data analysis, as well as data quality checks, automated maintenance monitoring, E-Screening data management and virtual weigh station (VWS) integration. Managers responsible for multiple screening sites can view information from all of them through a single interface.

The CDMS dashboard supports programme management by providing an immediate overview of operational performance, using key performance indicators (KPIs) related to operations and shows operational or system performance trends, without having to search through system reports for detailed information.

The CDMS dashboard ensures that the overall system can be easily monitored at a high level for optimisation across multiple stations to achieve the agency’s objectives. Seamless integration with other IRD weigh station applications including the real-time operator display software, virtual weigh station software, VI2M data reporting software, and iMMS maintenance management system makes the CDMS a valuable addition to any commercial vehicle enforcement programme.