The Master Scheduler

Features

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  Routes

  • Define an unlimited number of timepoints
  • Define an unlimited number of patterns
  • Define an unlimited number of running times
  • Define an unlimited number of relief points
  • Define an unlimited number of service days
  • Identify timepoints and relief points by street addressYes
  • Share running times between timepoints for multiple routes
  • Define any number of timepoints, patterns, running times, relief points, and services without special software customization or configuration
  • Define an unlimited number of vehicle types and assign them at the trip level
  • Add any comment to any route and see it in any report

  
  

  Trips and Patterns

  • Specify all patterns quickly by only indicating changes from a base pattern of timepoints
  • Generate trips directly from relevant running times. Trip regeneration is never required - running time changes are instantly updated everywhere in the system
  • Trips running across time boundaries are automatically smoothed - the most applicable running times are always used
  • See times in military
  • See times in APX
  • See times in minutes and seconds
  • See times in minutes only
  • Sort trips by any criteria
  • See summaries and trip statistics
  • Add any comment to any trip and see it in any report

  
  

  Runcutting

  • Establish up to 100 different run classifications
  • Allow up to 10 pieces on an individual run
  • Define maximum spread time and spread overtime premiums
  • Define all driver pay time rules and costs with point-and-click
  • See a graphical profile of cut and uncut blocks
  • Cut runs manually or automatically by specifying start and end time of day and runtype
  • Improve the runcut through a powerful runcut optimizer
  • See an on-screen summary of each runtype and its percentage of the total
  • Automatically calculate the costs of existing runs after changing the run classification rules
  • Use an automatic run classifier to determine the exact costs of a run, whether it's valid, and get an English-language explanation if it's not
  • Hook and unhook runs
  • Incorporate driver shuttle vans into the runcutYes
  • Automatically calculate "Dynamic Travel Times", wherein drivers ride with "in-service" vehicles to move between relief points
  • Establish paid and unpaid breaks
  • Add any comment to any run and see it in any report

  
  

  
  

  Rostering and On-line Bidding

  • Maintain Drivers and Driver Types tables
  • Automate the run selection process with an interactive "Run Bidding" module
  • Define varying day work weeks
  • Specify on and off days manually or automatically
  • Define minimum off times in roster combinations
  • Define run type combination rules
  • Define all rostering parameters with point-and-click
  • Use roster optimizer to decrease total costs
  • Automatically generate consecutive days off whenever possible
  • Show the cost of each and all rosters

  
  

  Reports

  • Bundled with the award-winning Crystal Reports report writer
  • Print any on-screen table to any Windows-compatible printer
  • Allow for print preview
  • Create reports in native Excel, 1-2-3, Word, WordPerfect, ASCII Text, Email, or any of the other more than 20 formats supported by Crystal Reports
  • Utilize built-in reports such as vehicle and driver paddles, and downloads to desktop publishing systems that produce public timetables
  • Customize reports on-screen with point and click
  • See report times in military or APX formats
  • Customize the menu bar to include only those reports you're interested in

  
  

  Mapping

  • Bundled with the MapInfo™ package - a commercially-available, supportable, and non-proprietary mapping system
  • Incorporate the local map of your area
  • Have map updates that are commercially available
  • Print maps
  • Edit maps on-screen
  • Display routes graphically on the map
  • Geocode timepoints interactively by intersection or street address
  • Compute point to point distances automatically and see them in reports
  • Interface with the ArcInfo™ and MapObjects packages
  • Support real-time AVL display

  
  

  User Interface

  • Standard Windows user-interface look and feel
  • All major features available from toolbar icons
  • Only activate relevant features at any point in the program
  • Standard Windows user-interface look and feel
  • All major features available from toolbar icons
  • Only activate relevant features at any point in the program
  • All features accessible with point-and-click in dialog boxes
  • All data only entered once - no retyping ever
  • All data is fully checked when it's entered
  • Resize and hide or show table columns any time, and modify the displayed font
  • Save screen preferences on a user-by-user basis
  • Fully searchable, fully indexed, Windows on-line help and a comprehensive, fully indexed, user manual
  • Access the map display and editor, and create and modify report templates from within the user interface

  
  

  Support and Maintenance

  • Phone support available 8AM to 6PM (EST), with 24-hour Fax support
  • Support through the Internet including data uploads and downloads
  • New-version program upgrades distributed via the Internet
  • All new versions and upgrades included in annual maintenance fee
  • First year of support and maintenance included with the software

  
  

  Training

  • Comprehensive training performed in five days, with additional training available if necessary
  • Hands-on training performed with your data
  • Training performed at your property on your machines (and network)
  • Replication of the existing runcut after the training session
  • Typically live within seven days of training

  
  

  Special Event Capabilities

  • Completely plan special event transit services in a few hours
  • Quickly and optimally determine vehicle requirements
  • Quickly and optimally determine driver requirements
  • Integrate and determine the impact of the special event service on your regular service
  • Quickly determine all costs and requirements needed to bid on special events

  
  

  Support for What-ifs

  • Keep unlimited versions of your data and solutions
  • Configure all rules and costs from point-and-click dialogs
  • Quickly evaluate the impact of route changes
  • Evaluate the cost of work-rule and/or running time changes without recutting your existing runs
  • When necessary, reblock your trips and recut your runs quickly

  
  

  Database

  • Commercially-available, fully normalized and indexed, relational database
  • Record-level locking that allows simultaneous multi-user access without data conflicts
  • ODBC compliance, allowing other applications to access the database through the Windows ODBC interface

  
  

  Hardware and Environment

  • Runs on an Intel-based PC
  • Runs as a 32-bit application under Windows 95/98/2000/ME/NT /XP
  • Has "Yes, it runs with NetWare" certification

  
  

  Trip Planning

  • Runs on a "read-only" workstation, utilizing the most current scheduling data
  • No license fee increase for multiple "read-only" stations
  • Allows for the use of street intersections, addresses, and landmarks
  • Selectable "shortest time" or "fewest transfers" along with day of week
  • Accepts departure or arrival times
  • Results can be printed, faxed, or emailed

Requirements

*Actual system requirements may vary .

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