Proven, Accurate Sortation Software
Brock Solutions’ SmartSort:
- Is a powerful sortation management software system currently used by many of the world's largest airports and airlines.
- Interfaces with machine-level controls (i.e., PLCs), external devices such as bar code and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Automatic Tag Readers (ATRs), dimensioners, pushers, photo eyes, etc.) made by leading BHS (Baggage Handling System) device manufacturers, and other BHS-related systems such as FIDS, BSM, etc.
- Performs sorts on a variety of types of tags, including RFID, 10-digit IATA, IATA fallback, flight tags, pier tags, and user-defined tags.
- Determines the sortation destination of a bag based on a airport/airline managed sort plan.
- Provides real-time baggage sortation, system reporting, and baggage tracking.
Benefits of Running with Brock Solutions’ SmartSort Solution
SmartSort provides airports and airlines with numerous benefits, including:
- Improved baggage handling – SmartSort is proven to reduce the numbers of mis-sorted and late-to-pier bags.
- Improved reliability/optimized performance - SmartSort is built using the latest software programming tools and techniques to ensure optimized performance.
- Increased uptime – A “virtual” server architecture provides 100% uptime and simplifies hardware requirements.
- Expanded visibility into overall BHS operations/ease-of-use operation - a Gantt chart provides operators with real-time visibility into bag-to-sort-pier mapping, enabling operators to modify the sort plan in real-time by simply dragging and dropping flight windows.
- Expanded and enhanced reporting capabilities – SmartSort includes a full range of web-based operations and maintenance searches and reports.
- Improved metrics tracking – SmartSort provides bag tracking and reporting for airport and airline key performance indicators.
- Assured regulatory compliance - SmartSort complies with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority (CATSA), etc.
- Increased throughput - SmartSort is built to optimize the high-speed sortation capabilities of modern-day BHS conveyor systems.
- Reduced operating costs – The overall benefits of a SmartSort implementation amount to an overall reduction in airport/airline operating costs.
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