Transport
SMS understands the complex needs of the transport industry and engages with major road and rail agencies; toll road operators and logistics companies; and port and air operators to deliver practical management and technology solutions that meet current and long term demands.
SMS has a long standing reputation of providing reliable, experienced and practical support to the transport industry. The design and delivery of complex solutions and projects have been completed successfully, based on a depth of specific industry experience.
While each sector within transport is unique, they each share a major common challenge around the increasing pressure on infrastructure over the next decade resulting from rapid population growth.
Improved infrastructure utilisation, in combination with infrastructure expansion, is the nation’s broad strategic approach to meet future demands.
SMS is working with clients to prepare for issues such as congestion and capacity management, mode shift, freight optimisation, safety, urban planning, emissions, social equity, and economic growth.
SMS has a firm vision of coordinating passenger and freight modes to fully optimise the use and safety of transport assets and infrastructure. To achieve this, structural changes, expanded infrastructure and enhancing existing processes is required.
While SMS works on a wide range of business and technology issues for transport industry clients, the core focus areas include: information management and data exchange; network optimisation and national supply chain management; effective policy development and implementation; and integrated transport investment planning and management.
Recent examples include working with a major road authority to redesign and implement its organisational structure and technology architecture applied to information management. Through application of its Enterprise Information Management framework, a robust and comprehensive plan was created.
SMS partnered with a leading Australian airline to develop and deploy a ground-breaking mobile customer portal that enables bookings, check-in and mobile boarding passes along with other innovative features.
Austroads engaged SMS to complete a business and technical strategy for a National Heavy Vehicle Enforcement Date Exchange and opportunities for whole of government portals to take on licensing activities across all agencies is currently being addressed.