Sabre Airline Solutions

Flight Scheduling Design Conference

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AGENDA


7 April, 2008
0900 – 1700 SlotManager Workshop
  • Slot Handback and Change Generator
  • New items in 2007.1 Change Generator
  • Managing offers
  • Filtering for waitlist and cancelled slots
  • Control file and equipment substitution
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1700 SlotManager Workshop
  • Slot Usage Report
  • Action Code T
  • Finding messages using SCR Log and Message Handler
  • Additional items if more time
8 April, 2008
0900 – 1200 SlotManager Design
  • Offer handling with 2008.1
  • Airline code and flight number substitution
  • Swap builder design
  • 80% warning on cancellation
  • Automated backup
0900 – 1200 Schedule Manager Workshop
  • Topics submitted in early March by customers.
  • Focus on “How To” questions raised by users looking for best practices, shortcuts, tools and tips.
0900 – 1200 Profit Manager Design
  • Product Plan & New Feature Discussion
  • Calibration Tool & Accuracy Measurement
  • Budget Manager Demonstration
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1700 SlotManager Design
  • AutoSlot
  • Condensing
  • Items sponsored for consideration
  • Value Ranking
1300 – 1700 Schedule Manager Workshop
  • Focus on “How To” questions raised by users looking for best practices, shortcuts, tools and tips.
1300 – 1700 Profit Manager “Thinking Interactively” Design Session
  • Divide into teams
  • Define a problem, something related to your work that…
    • Takes too long
    • Requires too much effort
    • Is hard to visualize
    • Is difficult to comprehend
    • Requires automation
  • Design a solution
    • Describe it
    • Chart it (workflow)
    • Draw the screen(s)
  • Presentations by each team
1900 – 2100 Reception
9 April, 2008
0900 – 1000 Introduction
  • Leadership transition, introduce Bob.
  • Sabre remarks on maintenance.
  • Customer value rankings, priorities and release plans.
  • Service offerings.
  • Role of Help Desk and CSM (Andrea)
  • Future conference model.
  • Dates and Locations for September User Conference.
1000 – 1200 Schedule Manager Design
  • Review of new features in 2007.1/2008.1
1000 – 1200 Profit Manager Design
  • General Design Session – Customers to identify business problem which require solution
  • Value Ranking of proposed items
1000 – 1200 IT and Delivery
  • Lab: AirFlite Authentication Plug-in 2008.1
  • Technical questions raised by the customers
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1700 Schedule Manager Design
  • Sponsors of items to explain how they impact users
  • Design items submitted to Exec Comm in early March.
1300 – 1700 Fleet Manager Design
  • Status update of prioritized items from DC 2007, IST
  • Review of new features in 2007.1 and 2008.1
1300 – 1700 IT and Delivery
  • Lab: AirFlite Schedule/View load balancing
  • Open design discussions
  • Lab: New AirFlite Delivery Automation: a) clean install; b) simulation of several update packages coming from Sabre; c) discussion
  • APIs in Action: using APIs for integrating AirFlite into airline’s enterprise infrastructure
1900 – 2100 Evening Event
10 April, 2008
0830 – 1200 Schedule Manager Design
  • Fully Dated Scheduling
  • Interactive Design Session – Opportunities For Improvement
  • Value Ranking
0830 – 1200 Fleet Manager Design
  • Interactive Design session with Alan
    • Review process flow in Fleet Manager
    • Discuss opportunities for improvement
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1700 Schedule Manager Workshop
  • Demonstration of items raised during design sessions
  • Open forum
1300 – 1700 Fleet Manager Design
  • Update on Sabre Research Topics
  • Design discussion – List all issues/pain points from users
  • Value Ranking of proposed new items
1300 – 1700 Codeshare Manager Design
  • Demonstration of 2008.1
  • Forward plan for 2008.2
  • Value Ranking