Rail Freight Management Software
Industrial Shippers
Unify your rail operations
into one platform.
Carrier portals, spreadsheets, and manual invoice reviews were never designed to work together—but that’s how most shippers manage their rail spend. ARMS changes that by connecting fleet visibility, freight audit, and cost accruals from the moment a shipment is created.
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Built for the way you work
Automated rail yard management
Optiswitch™ replaces hours of manual switch planning with an optimized cut list generated in minutes. Fewer manual steps means less time on active track, fewer safety exposures, and a crew focused on safe, efficient moves—not paperwork. Cedar Mobile puts track and trace, inventory scanning, and shipment data on any device—built for yard teams who need visibility without being tied to a desk.
Track and trace
Every car in your private or leased fleet on one interactive map—real-time location, integrated GPS telemetry, carrier ETA feeds, direct Class I railroad API integrations, and automated Railinc reconciliation. No more logging into five carrier portals.
Automated billing & railroad EDI
ARMS connects to every North American railroad and is built to handle all EDI requirements out of the box. Bills of lading are created and transmitted in a single step, while ARMS handles continuously evolving EDI requirements behind the scenes. We are the rail experts, so you don’t need to be.
Exception detection & fleet alerts
ARMS automatically flags exception movements and fleet anomalies—diversions, unexpected dwell, missed ETAs, and routing irregularities—and surfaces predictive ETAs from live carrier feeds so your team is ahead of service variability before it becomes a disruption.
Accrual at point of billing
The moment a bill of lading or waybill is received, ARMS automatically creates a freight accrual—so your financial picture is accurate from day one, not weeks later when the carrier invoice arrives.
Freight rate ingestion
Carrier rate updates flow directly into your rate database—keeping it as fresh as possible without manual uploads or dual entry.
Price quotations
Generate quotes for through rates and complex Rule 11 moves directly in ARMS. Your team responds to pricing requests with accuracy and speed—no offline calculations, no guesswork.
Automated freight audit
A 21-checkpoint automated freight audit pipeline that validates every carrier invoice against contract rates, tariffs, and actual movement data—catching overbillings before payment.
Customer portal
Give your customers and consignees self-service visibility into inbound shipments, delivery status, and documentation—reducing “where’s my car” calls and keeping everyone on the same page without your team playing middleman.
Modern rail technology
Why shippers choose ARMS
Manage by exception, not by inbox
ARMS monitors your fleet continuously and flags diversions, unexpected dwell, routing anomalies, and missed ETAs automatically. Your logistics team acts on problems proactively—instead of discovering them when a customer calls.
Quote any lane in seconds
Through rates, Rule 11 moves, multi-carrier routes—priced instantly with a rate database that stays current through automated carrier ingestion. No more stitching together quotes from portals and PDFs.
Books closed before month-end starts
Accruals post at waybill receipt. A 21-checkpoint audit catches every overbilling before payment. By close, the numbers are already confirmed—your finance team validates, not reconstructs.
Rail expertise built into the platform
Your team doesn’t need to be railroad experts. ARMS encodes decades of rail industry knowledge—tariff structures, Rule 11 routing, carrier interchange logic, and EDI standards—so your team can make confident decisions without needing to learn the intricacies of rail.
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