Pictured above: Mark Zawisza, Head of Software Solutions at Interfleet Technology

A bespoke software system developed to provide a consistent and easily accessible approach to fleet management information is helping one of Interfleet Technology's clients to record increased efficiency.

The internationally-operating rail consultancy based in Derby has created the Fleet Management Plan database, on behalf of its client, train leasing business Angel Trains.

Since the introduction of the database, Angel Trains has seen efficiency improvements in the production of Fleet Management Plans, version control and consistent data analysis.

Mark Zawisza, Interfleet's Head of Software Solutions, commented: "Angel Trains required a software application that would store its associated fleet management plan information in a database that could be configured to select required information from a number of primary sources.

"There was also the need to be able to output that defined data in a common and consistently formatted report, which would replace a series of manually-updated spreadsheets."

Using Microsoft's .NET 2.0 framework, the bespoke Interfleet application can draw information from a variety of data sources and present it in a consistent manner in one, accessible report.

Mark Hicks, Technical Services Director, Angel Trains commented: "As a leading owner and lessor of rolling stock, it is imperative that we have data that can be accessed and analysed quickly and efficiently. Interfleet has worked with us to develop a bespoke software solution that will benefit both our customers and ourselves."