Trentbarton has adopted EPM and Omnibus cloud technology to drive operational efficiency, including EPM’s new Control360 solution. That is what the supplier says is an industry first fully integrated live operations platform for improving service delivery.
Control360 brings together information from individual systems, providing users with what EPM calls “an all-in-one operations platform to efficiently manage daily challenges and proactively resolve emerging issues through system alerts and insights, all in one place.” The package will also be deployed at Trentbarton’s sister Kinchbus and TM Travel operations.
The business will integrate Control360 with two other new software implementations. Linking it to EPM’s incident management system, Traffic, will simplify the management of lost mileage records in real time, and reduce the amount of data input required in doing so.
The platform will also interact with the Omnibus depot allocation solution OmniDAS. Via a single graphic interface, that will give visibility of all drivers and ‘drag and drop’ capability to manage changes visually using the same rule validation as is within OmniDAS.
That view can be pivoted by vehicle to allow any changes to vehicles or incidents during operation to be quickly and easily recorded, the supplier continues.
Other efficiencies will be made by the implementation of the OmniENGAGE driver app, which will allow drivers to manage their work remotely and in real-time. Trentbarton will also move its Omnibus scheduling suite to the cloud, a shift that will bring new functionality including automatic file management and enhanced team collaboration.
Speaking about adoption of the solutions, Trentbarton Group Projects Director Mark Greasley says: “Omnibus and EPM’s strong track record and their ability to deliver a total end-to-end solution without relying on outside partners for complementary expertise make them a valued partner for Trentbarton to achieve our growth plans.
“With their proactive approach to developing new solutions and supporting operators in improving operational efficiency, we are confident that our future needs will be met as our requirements evolve.”
EPM and Omnibus Software Director Nick Brookes notes that bus operators have many tools to manage networks, but that “data is often siloed, so it is difficult to identify problems unless looking at the right screen, in the right software solution, at the right time.”
Continues Mr Brookes: “Control360 will bring key operational data from all these siloes together so operators can make informed, efficient and effective decisions all in one place. By combining this data, it will be easier for Trentbarton to ‘join the dots’ to identify problems and will facilitate proactive decision making – identifying problems before they even occur.”
