Transport
The Transport industry is a varied sector covering public transport, such as trains and buses, and private transport such as airlines and road haulage. All of these areas are in competition to some extent and are united by low margins. Each of these areas has unique technology requirements and issues as described below.Train
- Large number of customers entering and exiting network at different places
- Fixed travel routes limiting contingency options when failure occurs
- Nationally diverse coverage requiring communication and signalling
- Train units requiring tracking for efficient usage
Bus
- Large number of customers entering and exiting the network at different places
- Large number of vehicles running on public roads subject to delays
- Bus units requiring tracking for customer information
Airline
- Use of variable pricing to encourage revenue optimisation
- Globally diverse coverage requiring communication and signalling
Road Haulage
- Large number of packages and goods entering and exiting the network at different places
- Haulage units requiring tracking for customer information
Capacitas recognises the problems faced by the transport industry and their requirement to efficiently utilise their investment in technology.
Capacitas offers a number of solutions to the transport industry to improve throughput effectiveness and efficiency, reduce costs, reduce risk and improve flexibility. Some of the areas in which Capacitas can assist the transport industry are:
- Accurate demand and traffic forecasting and planning
- Independent ICT solution validation
- Risk management assessment of ICT infrastructure
- Enterprise application performance assurance
- Network dimensioning and performance assurance (including Virtual Private Networks)
- Sizing of information systems to meet service level agreements