Transdev Blazefield is rolling out Omnibus’ cloud-based depot allocation software to its bus operations in the north of England after successfully using the system at Team Pennine. Omnibus’ OmniDAS offers a complete depot allocation system for real-time driver and vehicle management, and has been adopted to support the group in increasing flexibility and efficiency of multi-depot working and reducing operational costs.
Vitto Pizzuti, Operations Director at Transdev Blazefield, said: “We needed visibility of all depots individually and collectively to improve efficiency and manage resourcing issues such as driver shortages. Cloud-native OmniDAS will provide the flexibility to analyse and drill down into the data of all depots, giving full transparency of all our driver and vehicle resources across the entire operation and comply with legal requirements as well as company policies and procedures. Also, working from one centralised system ensures consistent processes and data integrity.”
Transdev Blazefield is based in Harrogate and has nine subsidiaries operating from 10 depots. OmniDAS cloud is due to be rolled out at Harrogate first, with implementation at other depots to follow. The firm said its decision to upgrade from the legacy product came after the successful implementation of OmniDAS cloud at the group’s newest subsidiary, Team Pennine, which was using a competitor’s product prior to the acquisition in July 2021.
Vitto added: “Proven in operation at Team Pennine, OmniDAS brings the established functionality of the legacy system with enhanced reporting capabilities and can be accessed from anywhere.”
Peter Crichton, Founder of Omnibus, commented: “We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with Transdev Blazefield. OmniDAS will allow Transdev to spend more time on service provision without having to worry about time-consuming administration.”
