Quintiq Launches Public Transport Solution

Quintiq believes good public transport revolves around punctuality, customer service and employee satisfaction. We know that this is quite a challenge for you, because changing market conditions have put pressure on your organization to reduce costs but still comply with the agreed service levels of the local authorities. By improving your integrated planning capabilities, public transport companies can make optimal use of their existing resources, while making sure their employees are satisfied with the offered rosters and schedules.

The Quintiq application suite is an advanced and integrated software solution for all planning tasks within your organization such as timetabling, tactical capacity planning, generating shifts, rostering, scheduling of tasks, real-time event management in case of unexpected disturbances and maintenance planning.

The Quintiq Planning Solution:

• Takes all relevant business rules and constraints into account.
• Offers built-in intelligence for optimal planning.
• Shows quick and tangible results.
• Solves the complexity of planning.

Quintiq takes all relevant business rules and constraints into account
The Quintiq solution models your business environment towards a 100% fit with your own organization, taking into account all your relevant rules and constraints:

• Collective Labor agreements, including limitations on working hours and breaks;
• Agreed employee contractual terms;
• Individual shift preferences of employees;
• Specific skills of drivers and maintenance engineers;
• Capacity of vehicles and other resources.

Quintiq offers built-in intelligence for optimal planning
The Quintiq solution gives your planners the capability of generating shifts manually while keeping track of all the soft and hard constraints. When the puzzle becomes too complex, Quintiq offers specific optimizers, using advanced algorithms and built-in intelligence the solution generates an optimal schedule and presents the results to the planner.

Additionally, the software offers a wide variety of management information and analyses on different aspects of the organization. The reporting functionality forms a solid basis for better management decisions and increased efficiency. Due to the built-in intelligence, the Quintiq software effortlessly manages multi-resource planning: in effect, you plan your workforce and resources using one integrated system (see figure 1).

Figure 1     Quintiq: One integrated system

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Quintiq shows quick and tangible results
Our solution is designed to deliver tangible business results within budget and on time:

• Optimal use of staff and resources: Deliver more with the same resources
• Increased employee satisfaction: Improve employee retention
• Reliable and transparent management information; Increase organizational transparency

Quintiq solves the complexity of planning
Quintiq solves even the most complex planning puzzles for its customers, like organizations that offer public transport by tram, train, subway and bus.

We have distinguished ourselves from other systems through swift and effective implementations in the past and focus on delivering value to our customers in the future.

Quintiq software easily integrates with all existing computer systems as well as with other planning solutions, ensuring that the implementation is as rapid, smooth and as cost-efficient as possible.