Quintiq - Airport Planning and Scheduling

Quintiq provides advanced planning and scheduling solutions for airports. The fast-growing Dutch company, established in 1997, offers software for planning and optimising complex business processes throughout your enterprise.

Deloitte has recognised Quintiq as being one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, and industry analyst Gartner has acknowledged the company's innovative products and market presence.

Quintiq offers aviation solutions for:

• Airlines
• Airport operators
• Air navigation service providers
• Maintenance, repair and overhaul providers

Quintiq solutions enable companies to optimise their key resources within the demanding timetable of daily operations and make changes in real time, and are tailor-made to meet service agreement requirements.

PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE OPTIMISATION

Quintiq's advanced planning and scheduling solutions are uniquely capable of fully supporting comprehensive planning and resource optimisation across all aspects of air service operations.

Constructed from a suite of flexible software components, it enables aviation companies to maximise profitability through flawless execution.

GATE AND CHECK-IN DESK CAPACITY PLANNING AND OPTIMISATION

The Quintiq airport planning and optimisation solution is designed to support the assignment of gates, check-in desks and ground staff in airports through all planning stages, including long-term capacity decision-making, specific gate assignments and last-minute revisions.

The module takes into account all applicable rules and constraints, such as arrival patterns, airline rules, airline preferences, handler rules and handler preferences. The Quintiq airport planning solution can be fully integrated with other Quintiq aviation planning modules to meet the specific needs of your company.

GROUND STAFF UTILISATION PLANNING AND OPTIMISATION

The ground staff planning and optimisation module optimises ground staff's personal planning to provide increased employee utilisation and productivity. By taking into consideration employee preferences, aviation companies also benefit from increased employee satisfaction.

TACTICAL PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND EVENT MANAGEMENT

The Quintiq airline planning and optimisation solution is a fully integrated solution for aviation tactical planning, operational scheduling and real-time event management. It supports the comprehensive workforce and resource planning of all aviation operations, including for aircraft, crew, gates and airline ground staff.

The aircraft planning and optimisation module, which is part of the Quintiq solution for aviation, solves the complex puzzle of aircraft utilisation across multi-hub networks by handling all aspects of fleet planning in multiple planning horizons.

The crew planning and optimisation module optimises employee utilisation. It supports comprehensive aircraft personnel workforce planning and optimisation, including all aspects of scenario building, deployment planning, roster and shift planning, and process dispatching, while taking into consideration employee preferences, skill sets, and licensing and safety standards.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKFORCE OPTIMISATION

The Quintiq air traffic control workforce optimisation solution supports comprehensive workforce planning and optimisation of air navigation service providers, including all aspects of scenario building, deployment planning, roster and shift planning, and process dispatching. The solution can provide:

• Strategic planning – yearly match of capacities and fitting them to timetable (scenario-based)
• Tactical planning – leave / absence planning, shift-planning schedule (based upon preferences) and rostering
• Operational planning – day-to-day task planning, skills and experiences, and working position allocation
• Dispatching – working position allocation, real-time scheduling, signalling (constraint-based) and revision

MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OPTIMISATION

The Quintiq Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) optimisation solution enables MRO providers to optimise the time interval between repeated tasks, resulting in better parts-usage and less maintenance work.

Quintiq identifies four levels of decision-making for MRO providers' activities:

• Strategic planning – planning the total maintenance of the fleet, including possible outsourcing of maintenance checks to third parties
• Tactical planning – optimising maintenance programmes for each individual aircraft
• Operational planning – planning and scheduling maintenance tasks and skills
• Revision and monitoring – managing unexpected events and revisions of the original plan during maintenance production

PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMISATION

Quintiq delivers value through advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain optimisation solutions, empowering companies and organisations to integrate diverse business processes and increase profitability.

Developed and implemented with world-class industry partners and an expert global support and implementation staff, Quintiq's products provide organisations with maximum return and minimal risk. Our technologies connect easily to other components of the IT infrastructure and can be implemented in a series of steps, rather than as one large-scale project. Customers generate value at each stage and achieve a rapid return on investment.