VolkerRail — OTM Maintenance Slot Planning

Ensure high-value track maintenance machines run in scarce night windows with the right crews.

What

Plan operation of OTM tampers/ballast regulators rented from Germany within ProRail slot windows.

Complexity

Coupled constraints: rare time windows + specialist crew roles where one missing skill stops the machine.

My Role

Project Manager (Quintiq) — delivery with Dutch rail maintenance stakeholders.

Key Outcomes

Higher

Machine utilization by reducing avoidable idle time.

Feasible

Crew-complete schedules aligned to track possession windows.

Practical

Operational planning aligned to night execution realities.

SchedulingRail maintenanceResource readiness

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