PSI TRANSCOM GMBH

PSItraffic Depot Management

All processes at a glance

Optimal availability of personnel and vehicles

As a transportation company, you need to offer your passengers reliable and punctual transportation around the clock, while your vehicle fleet must always be available. The PSItraffic Depot Management System (DMS) supports you in efficiently planning and monitoring maintenance, refueling and loading processes. It digitizes all depot processes and optimizes the workflow so that your vehicles are optimally prepared for operation. PSItraffic/DMS ensures smooth operation and maximum availability of your fleet.

Reasons to choose PSItraffic

  • Fast, AI-based and efficient scheduling
  • ITCS, depot and loading management, duty scheduling – all from a single source
  • Transparency of the entire fleet status
  • Transparency across all areas of the depot
  • Real-time data availability
  • Integrated quality management
  • Optimal vehicle availability
  • Short system introduction phase
  • Open interfaces
  • Manufacturer and hardware independence
  • Flexible, future-proof software architecture
  • Integration of bus, tram and emission-free fleets as well as any number of depots
  • Integrated monitoring of the entire operational situation in the depot and on the line
Integrated components for efficient planning and scheduling

From arrival at the depot to departure: PSItraffic/DMS maps all processes in the depot and provides a transparent overview of the current operational, workshop, driver and vehicle situation.

  • Vehicle location and tracking
    Radio frequency identification is used to identify vehicles entering and leaving the premises and to determine their location in the depot. Delays are reported as alarms or warnings. The vehicle locations are visible in the system for dispatchers and workshop staff and form the basis for their work.
  • Provision of driver information
    PSItraffic/DMS uses terminals or cell phones to provide drivers with information about their duties, vehicle location and status. At the same time, the system informs the dispatchers about punctual departure from the parking lot and return to the depot.
  • Automatic parking space allocation
    When entering the depot, the driver receives information on where to park the vehicle for refueling or sanding, for maintenance, cleaning or repair work, or for the next departure. Daily maneuvering is greatly minimized, thus saving working time.
  • Quality management
    PSItraffic/DMS combines historical operational data and evaluates it graphically and in reports, thus creating the basis for evaluations and process optimizations.
  • Scheduling of workshop and supply work
    PSItraffic/DMS carries out the scheduling for workshop and supply work or takes over the corresponding information from a workshop system (e.g. SAP, Maximo, COSware), assigns service stations to the vehicles, informs the workshop and service employees and documents all completed work.
  • Automatic vehicle and route allocation
    The vehicles are parked in the depot in such a way that the right vehicles are available for all subsequent trips. If a vehicle is not ready for use, the dispatcher is notified in real time and can take appropriate action. If a trip cannot be filled because there are insufficient vehicles available, a vehicle shortage is immediately reported in the system, and the dispatcher can take action in good time. The basis for all optimization is PSI's Qualicision® technology, which has been proven in industry many times over.

Integration of your electric buses

Electric buses are seamlessly integrated into PSItraffic/DMS. Through the connection to a load and charging management system, your vehicles are charged as needed and your electrical infrastructure is monitored.

Vehicle monitoring during operation
The DMS receives data about the state of your vehicles from the ITCS, CAD system or directly from the bus via a data logger. This means that battery capacity, mileage or energy consumption, for example, can be monitored online.

Control of charging processes
The charging processes are prioritized according to their use in order to avoid overloading the transformers and grid connection. The state of charge is continuously monitored and compared with the energy requirements for the next trip. If the vehicles are sufficiently charged, the system switches to trickle charging. If the energy requirement is insufficient, the priority is adjusted or other vehicles are used.

Predicting range, energy consumption and demand
The DMS uses the AI-based optimization algorithm Deep Qualicision to predict range, energy consumption and demand.

Assignment of charging stations
When the vehicle enters the depot, the DMS determines the parking space with the correct charging station – depending on the battery’s state of charge and the next cycle. If no charging is required, the vehicle is assigned a parking space without infrastructure.

Preconditioning
Vehicles are preconditioned automatically and in good time before the next tour begins. This ensures that all trips start on time and that the batteries are treated gently.

The easy way to get started

For a quick and easy start with digital depot management, we offer our PSItraffic/DMS as a basic system. It initially visually maps the areas of vehicle parking, supply and dispatching and can be expanded in a modular fashion to a fully automatic solution. Driving and duty schedule data are transferred from the existing systems via standard interfaces and form the basis for dispatching.
Your zero-emission vehicles can also be easily integrated. The interface for load and charging management is already included in the basic package.
With our Basis-DMS, you are introducing a system that is based on the requirements of public transport and maps standard processes.
The rollout to other depots or other vehicles is easily possible.

Software architecture with maximum flexibility

Simple operability

Complex processes must remain easy to use. That’s why the design and usability of the interfaces and dialogs are a particular challenge for us.
  • Clearly structured menu structure
  • Graphical and tabular views
  • Individual customization of the views
  • Extensive navigation functions
  • Multilingual interface

Integration and openness

The use of standard interfaces or the creation of new standards make data exchange with existing IT systems secure and stable.
  • Standard interfaces for timetable planning and duty scheduling, for personnel deployment and for maintenance/ERP
  • Route, switch and gate control
  • Localization
  • Fuel data system, kilometer data collection
  • ITCS operations control system

Read more about PSItraffic/DMS in our flyer!

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Torsten Vogel

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Jost Geweke

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Olaf Bödecker

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