TPAC Framework

The TPAC^TM Framework is a complete enterprise production environment that provides the modern tools required by Crew Planners to solve the difficult and demanding problems that exist in today's constrained transport industry.

The TPAC^TM Framework is completely modular making it easy to integrate into either a legacy crew database or a "green fields" site. The TPAC^TM Framework can be deployed as a whole or partial system depending on your needs.

TPAC Workbench

This highly visual user interface is designed for the modern desktop environment. Through the use of a number of specialized contexts a planner is able to interact and collaborate with colleagues to understand, edit and publish the solutions developed by the TPAC^TM Optimizers. See more...

TPAC Rules

Every transport enterprise is governed by statutory, union and company rules. TPAC^TM Rules provides a global rule repository where all rules are defined and made accessible to all other modules in TPAC^TM. Centralized rules make the roll out of new rules easy, ensuring consistency across the environment. See more...

TPAC Connect

Today's networked environment makes it possible to deliver services over the Web. Our technology allows an enterprise to easily access their planning capabilities from any location. A well-defined interface is the key to how the TPAC^TM Framework can be integrated with any legacy system. See more...

TPAC Reports

The difficult and demanding problems that exist in today's constrained transport industry are made easier to understand with this reporting technology. Crew Planners can choose from a library of pre-existing reports that neatly chart and tabulate a summary of a solution to a problem. This allows you to compare and contrast alternative solutions. Our framework can also be customized to include specialized reports that meet your business needs. Reports can be manually generated or automatically dispatched to Crew Planners via email. See more...

TPAC Optimization

TPAC^TM offers a number of specialized mathematical optimizers that target key problems in the transport industry. All of our optimizers are completely configurable through the use of TPAC^TM Rules and are guaranteed to produce legal solutions every time.

TPAC Manpower Optimizer

Develop long term plans to manage the size of your skilled workforce. This module considers the size, utility and attrition rate of your current staff to enable you to project forward many years into the future to manage business driven changes to your fleet. See more...

TPAC Pairing Optimizer

Automate the construction of optimal crew pairings for thousands of trips. Better built pairings reduce hotel and allowance costs, saving real dollars whilst increasing solution robustness and regularity. See more...

TPAC Rostering Optimizer

Produce fair and robust staff rosters that have no open time. Automatically assign days off, training and standbys. Process staff bids, swaps and other exotic enterprise agreements. See more...

TPAC Disruption Optimizer

Designed to work in seconds, this optimizer limits the impact of a disruption on the day of operation. Equipment failure, port closure and staff unavailability can be optimized in parallel and on the fly to reduce the horizon of impact of these unforeseen events. See more...

Why choose the TPAC Framework?

Cost

The cost of recruiting, training and retaining staff within the transport industry is a major component of a transport enterprise's expenditure. We can help you minimize those cost and continuously save money.

Control

The ability to control the work force at the correct levels both for the immediate and long-term future is essential in the efficient management of costs and the provision of services. TPAC^TM gives you that control.

Usability

TPAC^TM is easy to use. After the initial implementation our support team is available 24/7 for consultation and support.

Recalculation

Every business is forever changing. "What if" scenarios allow rapid evaluation and comparison of scenarios such as fleet upgrades and increased vehicle utilization, along with different recruitment, training or leave strategies.

Visibility

Each scenario run ("what if") produces detailed Gantt charts and graphs. This makes it easy to analyze and compare different outcomes.

Updates

We provide regular updates and enhancements to our software. And we make it easy for you to upgrade. This maximizes the potential benefits and reduces cost of ownership.

Performance

Airlines, for example, typically have several thousand crew. We keep this in mind when building our systems, making them suitable for large problems. You won't get an error message from us when trying to solve a large problem - TPAC^TM was designed for scalability.

Technology

The components that make up the TPAC^TM Framework have been primarily developed in Java with C++ used when speed is required. Our optimizers are based on FICO's Xpress technology and use linear and integer programming techniques. All external interfaces use our well-defined public XML format. All server-side components run on Unix whilst our Java based user interfaces are designed for and tested on Windows.