Case Study: Swiss railway operator SBB achieves real-time workforce optimization and operational resilience with DELMIA Quintiq

Swiss railway network operator Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) needed a robust workforce planning and optimization solution

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which operates a 3,000‑km network and moves over 1.3 million passengers daily with a 30,000‑strong workforce (including 5,800 drivers and attendants), needed a scalable, real‑time workforce planning solution to schedule thousands of staff, handle frequent unplanned events and meet varied local labor laws.

SBB deployed SOPRE, an on‑premise planning system powered by DELMIA Quintiq that links timetables, rolling stock and human resources across annual, monthly and daily horizons with constant data updates. The platform enables real‑time rescheduling, legal‑compliance checks and multilingual rulesets, improving scheduling accuracy, speeding planning, easing driver shortages and supporting further automation and optimization.

SBB

René Moraske

Senior Project Manager