Schedules and Inventory Management
Load multiple timetables and manage inventory dynamically
The Challenge
Changes in the way we travel present great commercial opportunities for railway companies: deregulation will allow rail operators to run trains across borders for the first time, short-haul air travellers are shifting their business to enjoy the convenience of high speed rail travel, and globally there is an increasing sense of social responsibility to use transport that minimises our carbon footprint.
To serve a growing population of rail travellers, it is fundamental that you have intelligent technology that will help manage your passenger operations smoothly and profitably.
The Solution: Amadeus Rail Schedule & Inventory
The starting point to get your IT infrastructure working in harmony and efficiently is to load comprehensive core data: this becomes the foundation or ‘engine room’ for your entire passenger operations system. Our technology will then guide you through 4 simple steps to get your product ready to sell:
- build schedules,
- allocate inventory,
- load fares and
- attach pricing rules.
Amadeus Rail Schedule and Inventory Solution handles stages one and two of this process.
Key Features
Amadeus Schedule
- Uses a logical, easy-to-use interface made up of tabs and data fields.
- Create and upload timetables, configure carriages, specify connections and stops, using pre-formatted tables for speed and simplicity.
- A test mode application lets you check schedule changes before making a live upload.
Amadeus Inventory
- Manage inventory in real-time based on demand and available capacity.
- Set seat quotas with nested inventory and ‘buckets’.
- Customise waitlist and overbooking rules to safeguard sales.
Benefits
Amadeus Schedule
When loading several timetables with stops and connections, in-built time saving tools can help improve productivity and reduce the chance of manual errors. e.g. you can copy schedules for multiple services on the same route in just a few keystrokes.
The opportunity to check the impact of any timetable alterations or changes to train consists on current and future passenger journeys, gives operations staff powerful information to make the right decisions before updates go live.
If circumstances dictate, Amadeus Schedule can automatically re-accommodate passengers by class, carriage or even train. Affected travellers are immediately notified, resulting in first class customer service.
Amadeus Inventory
Amadeus Inventory includes advanced features to help operations staff maximise passenger volume and revenue from more efficient train sales.
Nested inventory and inventory ‘buckets’ can be applied to set the sales threshold for each booking class and on journey legs, to optimise train consist profitability. Queue alerts advise staff when a service or class has sold its pre-set allocation.
You can use your understanding of route performance and seasonality trends to apply overbooking rules that will help off-set no-shows and cancellations.
Automated waitlists ensure that passengers can be quickly informed and tickets issued as seats become available.
Amadeus Schedule and Inventory Solution generates customised reports detailing the day-to-day operations of your rail services.
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Why not leave behind manual scheduling and take the worry about of inventory setting?
With Amadeus Rail Schedule and Inventory Solution, we can help you customise and automate schedule and inventory best practices across your network.
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