Oct 2023 – CT4N Charitable Trust, based in Nottingham, will add automatic crew scheduling system for controlling operational costs with Velociti Solutions Omnibus cloud product suite.
The operator needs to achieve efficiencies to its challenging crew duty process, currently done manually. With crew scheduling software, CT4N will significantly reduce the time to produce efficient and compliant driver duties and have tighter control over costs. The upgrade will provide greater computing power to drive operational efficiency and reduce costs on a secure, reliable and resilient platform.
The solution uses advanced algorithms to automatically generate a set of drivers’ duties for a network, taking account of user-controlled parameters and allowing variations in the labour agreement rules. Elements, such as route content within duties, can be controlled and undesirable duty types minimised, enabling CT4N to create efficient schedules which are practical in operation.
Nigel Eggleton, Commercial Director at CT4N, which recently selected Omnibus cloud solutions for scheduling and depot allocation, said: “Investing in the right digital solutions allows CT4N to tackle today’s challenges head-on and lay a solid foundation for the future growth of the charity.
“By swapping out inefficient processes with the automatic crew scheduling system, we can reduce workloads, accomplish more with our resources by minimising costs and provide management greater visibility and transparency of operations.”
Peter Crichton, Founder of the Velociti Solutions Omnibus product suite, said: “We are delighted to extend our relationship with CT4N, and I’m pleased to be working with Nigel again. Like all our solutions, years of internal and external industry knowledge and expertise is built into crew scheduling, and this will keep continuing, making it an essential planning tool for producing robust and efficient crew duty schedules and evaluating “what if?” scenarios.”
