GIRO’s HASTUS solution to enhance crew schedules and staff management for rail services on select regional and metropolitan networks in Australia
September 2008 – GIRO Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a contract with the Department of Transport (DOT) in the state of Victoria, Australia, for the implementation of its HASTUS crew scheduling and staff management software applications. GIRO won the contract bid following an international call for tenders as part of a government plan to restructure and improve services on the metropolitan passenger rail network in Melbourne and the regional passenger rail network throughout Victoria.
The HASTUS software will be used to fulfill the Staff Management Systems (SMS) requirements of the DOT’s new Rail Operations Management System (ROMS). Standard HASTUS modules to be implemented include HASTUS-Roster for efficient weekly and periodic crew assignment, HASTUS-Crew for building train crew duties, HASTUS-CrewOpt for crew schedule optimization, and HASTUS-DailyCrew for managing day-to-day operations and daily/weekly changes to planned rosters.
In addition, the HASTUS software will interface seamlessly with two other components that make up the ROMS, namely the Timetable Management System (TMS) and the Fleet Management System (FMS); Interoperability between the three components is necessary to allow fleet and staff resources to be planned according to service delivery requirements. The implementation project, one of GIRO’s largest, began this month and is slated for completion by 2011.
“GIRO is extremely pleased the Department of Transport has selected HASTUS to improve the quality and performance of the Staff Management Systems of Victoria’s metropolitan and regional rail network services,” said Marc Dupont, VP of Marketing at GIRO. “HASTUS continues to expand its customer base in Australia, and this win is a significant nod to the flexibility and superior functionality of HASTUS for discerning clients such as the Department of Transport and the Victorian Government who are actively taking measures to ensure the highest quality operations and service.”
