The SPEA SMART Airport Resource Management System (SMART RMS) is a powerful tool that optimizes the deployment and utilization of key Airport resources and record history for accurate billing of Airlines. The SMART RMS enables the Airport to plan the utilization of manpower and equipment on strategic, tactical and operational level.

• Daily planning of Airport resources at check-in desks, departure gates, baggage carousels and apron.
• Manage real-time changes to resource schedules to accommodate changes in the availability of resources or flight schedules.
• Find the current location and assignments of a specific resource.
• Tactical planning by carrying out ‘what-if’ analysis to identify potential bottlenecks and implement proactive solutions to prevent operational disruptions.
• Long-term forecasting and strategic planning by carrying out ‘what-if’ analysis to evaluate multiple scenarios on projected operations.
  
  

• Reduced operating costs by optimizing the utilization of key Airport resources.
• Reduction of capital required to handle increased air traffic and more passengers.
• Improved passenger satisfaction by optimizing gate allocations for connecting flights and minimizing last minute gate changes.
• Less congestion and faster throughput of passengers.
• Greater operational flexibility and allows the Airport to immediately respond to unplanned events or un-availability of specific resources.
• Improved services to Airlines/Agents.
• Accurate resource utilization statistics for billing.

The SPEA SMART Airport Resource Management System (SMART RMS) is a powerful tool for the Airport to schedule, monitor and instruct key Airport resources ensuring that the right resources are available at the right time and in the right place. The SMART RMS enables the Airport to plan the utilization of manpower and equipment on strategic, tactical and operational level as follows:

• Strategic planning can be done by performing ‘What-if’ analysis and evaluating the impact of multiple projected operational scenarios on the future need for Airport resources.
• ‘What-if’ analysis is also useful to evaluate current operations and to establish the best tactics to optimize the deployment of existing resources.
• The daily operational scheduling of the deployment of Airport manpower and equipment at check-in desks, boarding gates, baggage belts and apron to accommodate the flight schedules is carried out by expert allocation algorithms and is based on pre-defined user servicing rules.
• Long-standing duty rosters and weekly/daily work schedules are created.

The SMART RMS enables the real-time monitoring and control of ground-handling operations and provides alerts on status changes within operations and potential and actual resource conflicts. Expert guidance is provided or the automated feature can be used to re-allocate resources due to flight changes and variations in resource availability. The SMART RMS ensures that resources are dispatched in a timely manner to the locations where they are scheduled to work.

The SMART RMS automatically generates the optimum resource deployment solution based on:

• The latest flight information such as aircraft arrival/departure times and the aircraft parking positions on the apron.
• Availability and position of ground handling equipment and personnel.
• Intelligent allocation and optimization algorithms.
• Pre-defined servicing rules.

Resource details, calculated demands and actual utilization statistics are stored in the integrated Airport Operational DataBase System (SMART AODB) and are available to the other SMART Systems such as Airport Billing System (SMART BILL) and Statistical Data Management System (SMART STAT).

• Graphical display of schedules and rosters.
• Color-coded status representation.
• Comprehensive conflict handling and decision support.
• GANTT charts and aerial views to set up real and simulated Airline and Airport environments, preferences and rules.
• Comprehensive expert rule engine and sophisticated allocation algorithms that provide consistent and impartial resource assignments to Airlines and Airport operations.
• Schedule maintenance/construction work and unforeseen operational events.
• Optional link to land mobile radio (LMR) systems.
• User-friendly and highly configurable Windows browser based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Comply with International Air Transport Association (IATA) standards.
• Full seamless integration with all SMART Systems.
• Robust, reliable and scalable system.
• Supports concurrent users and is accessible from any authorized workstation.