Technology for Safety in Rail Operations

A SaaS model is especially valuable in new markets because its lightweight infrastructure ensures and enables the team to effectively focus their time. OUIGO Spain’s Alejandro Sanchez: “Almost all our systems are Software as a Service (SaaS). We are very deliberate about this: we are a small team, and this enables us to externalise effort and competences, reducing infrastructure and maintenance costs.”

Mobilisation of operations is fundamental to both safety and efficiency. Therefore, work with a partner that can offer solutions designed to take advantage of mobile technology through all aspects of the operation. Embracing mobile communications ensures total efficiency when organising personnel – thereby maximising the opportunities to win new contracts and then deliver them profitably.

It is an established truism that you only have one chance to make a first impression. In the same way, an operator will only ever have one chance to undertake a first implementation in a new market. It is therefore essential that the project runs to plan – which requires the support of a technology partner with a proven track record undertaking this kind of project.

Delivering into a new market means having the ability to understand and respond to local requirements. Great software is of course vital, but it is just as important to work with a partner that has vast, diverse experience and expertise. That means established rail experts covering different countries and an understanding of both passenger and freight rail.

Many rail operators struggle to obtain and make use of the data within their system – this can be a major problem when entering a new market, given the risks and intense scrutiny on KPIs to ensure the expansion succeeds. This is especially true for operators that are part of larger groups, with a requirement to report KPIs back to a central organisation. Openness and sharing of data have been fundamental parts of the Binary solution since day 1 – and are a major reason why embraced modern Cloud, SaaS and Mobile technologies in our specialist rail solution.