Schedule Master is a Schedule Planning tool that assists an airline in the tasks of:
• schedule development
• route and network development
• timetable preparation
• fleet planning
• competitor analysis
• operational budget planning and forecasting annual flying hours
An optional extension to Schedule Master provides the facility to release schedules for management on a fully dated basis in the lead up to operation.
Although designed primarily for airlines, Schedule Master can be used in any scheduled transport organization, such as rail/tram, shipping, bus or road transport. Each of these industries faces resource routing and passenger/freight origin-destination issues. Rapid schedule modelling and schedule optimization help indentify lower cost schedules and improved efficiency.
Easy to Use
Schedule Master is very easy to use, especially for schedulers familiar with Windows™ based software such as spreadsheets and word processors. Being easy to use, it is also quick to learn. Schedulers can productively use the Schedule Master after half a day’s initial training for schedules development or timetable development.
As schedulers gain expertise using Schedule Master additional functions provide the ability to model the most complex of schedule requirements.
Most scheduling work is carried out through the Schedule Master Gantt View. Flights are swapped between aircraft, re-timed, added and cancelled by pointing and clicking with a mouse or using one or two keystrokes.
And response is immediate. The Schedule Master is designed to give high performance, even using relatively slow PCs. Differences between fast and slow PCs are only noted when initially loading schedules or running reports.
Most scheduling systems demand the input of large amounts of static data relating to aircraft, block times, ground times etc. before scheduling work can commence. Schedule Master permits entry of default values for generic aircraft, and only requires exceptions to these defaults.
And if importing schedules from SSIM files, much of this information can be automatically derived.
