PRODUCT OVERVIEW

• SET is a fully featured route forecasting tool currently in its second year of use by US Airways, Inc. Planning Department.

• SET is available in both a domestic and international version

• SET Is One of a Handful of  Route Forecasting Products Capable of Running on a Typical PC

• SET Offers Full Integration With Microsoft Office Products (Access/Excel/Powerpoint)

• SET Is Less Expensive to Acquire and Support Than Nearly Every Route Forecasting Tool Available     

• CPoint Is Committed to Continuing to Develop SET, While Maintaining the Goals of Ease of Use and a Reasonable Level of Complexity.

• SET Can Generate Full Forecast Results for Even The Largest U.S. Domestic Airline In Under 10 Minutes on a Standard PC

• SET Can Generate Results for Smaller Airlines in As Little as 1 Minute

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CURRENT FEATURES

Domestic Version

• QSI Based Forecasting Engine Written in C For Optimal Speed and Minimum Memory Usage

• Quick/Easy to Use Schedule Editor With Station Chart View Plus Sorting and Filtering Capability AND Auto-Fill For Frequently Repeated Items AND Auto Block Time Calculate

• SQL-Based Query Tool w/Query Save Capability for Working With Forecast Results

• Compare Capability to Evaluate Differences Between Two Scenarios

• Timetable Maker With Filtering Capability

• Fully Editable Powerpoint Route Map Export With Filtering

• Ability to Queue Up To 8 Scenarios For Forecasting

• Detailed Run-stream Log (For Debugging) and Failure Recovery

• SSIM Import

• Time of Day Forecasting Capability (Optional)

• Spilled and Unconstrained Demand Outputs

• Calibration by Aircraft Group (Widebody/Jet/RJ/Prop)

• Supports Domestic Code Share With and Without Local Suppression

• Allows Full Data Analysis By Operator Airline or Marketing Airline

• Supports Up To 30,000 Flight Numbers Per Airline

• Differentiation Between Connections That Mix Aircraft Types

• Builds Online Single Stop Routings Plus Limited Double Stop Routings (Optional)

• O&D And Leg Based Output Tables

• Diagnostic Tools

• All Inputs and Outputs Maybe Altered in Microsoft Access

• All Reports Are Instantly Exportable to Microsoft Excel With the Click of a Button

International Version

PLANNED FEATURES

• Further Enhancement of the Schedule Editor With More Views Desired By Technical Schedulers

• Automatic Aircraft Count For Comparability of Scenarios

• Gate Use By Airport

• Microsoft Access Auto-Launch From Inside SET

• More Advanced Functionality

• More Scenario Versioning

• Compressed Output Files For Reduced Disk Space

• More Integration With Access and Powerpoint

• Increased Problem Size

• More Minimum/Maximum Connect Time Options

• More Fixed Reports

• Ability to Write Queries Against Multiple Scenarios Simultaneously

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Our Goal At CPoint Is to Provide a Product That Can Run On Any PC Less Than 3 years Old

• Use of All Current Features Requires A Minimum 500Mhz Pentium IBM Compatible PC

• Recommended Speed is 733Mhz or More

• SET Requires A Minimum of 256Mb of RAM,
  Future Versions May Require 512Mb of RAM (512K of PC Ram Now Sells for Less Than $100)

• SET Will Run On PCs Running Windows 2000, NT, 98, and ME.  SET Will Not Run On Macs or UNIX Machines.

• SET Itself Requires a Minimum of 10 Gigabytes of Hard Drive Space

• SET Requires Microsoft Office to Be Installed On The PCs Running SET