Car Scheduling and Revenue Management

Revenue Management supports a customer interaction whereby offered traffic may be accepted or rejected; delivery times are established for each shipment and the price determined. Car Scheduling is a service execution process to allow a railroad to carry out its customer commitments, while maximizing operating efficiency. While Revenue Management and Car Scheduling are not the same thing, they are very closely related.

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