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ARS Software Engineering, a subsidiary of ARS Traffic & Transport Technology B.V., The Netherlands, (www.ars.nl) provides Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), services and solutions. Clients include the major traffic and transport related organisations in Europe, both public and private, both road and rail related.
 


Mission and objectives

ARS Software Engineering is an independent provider of technology for the international market of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The mission of ARS is to maintain a leading position in the fast growing ITS market. ARS' mission is accomplished by a focus on the important ITS market segments and product developments, involvement in large or prestigious ITS projects and the availability of reputed ITS experts. ARS is a partner for the complete life cycle of technology innovation, from the conceptual phase to the development and implementation phase.

Market drivers
The main market driver for ARS is the unlimited demand for mobility and transport and the limited availability of infrastructure resources that fulfil these demands. The cost/benefit ratio of ITS solutions outweighs traditional road/rail-infrastructure solutions.

Strategy
ARS focuses on the growth segments in the ITS market. Hence, by her market coverage ARS lets public transport solutions benefit from developments in private transport, authorities benefit from developments in the commercial sectors, etc. If proven to be commercially viable, bespoke developments are converted to standard products that create commercial leverage.

Markets
The ITS solutions of ARS are used by professional users and end-users. ARS addresses end-user markets through B2B distribution channels. ARS targets private, freight and public transport markets for road, rail and waterways. Geographic coverage includes the range from urban to international. System solutions have been implemented throughout Europe, including The Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain.

Core activities
Core activities are always related to ITS and include research and development of technology (software, hardware, communication), business consultancy, technical consultancy, project development, system integration, business development,system and data exploitation and IT outsourcing.

Solutions and services
~ Traffic information and traffic management systems for road and rail transport, for authorities, private,
    freight and public transport.
~ Fleet management systems.
~ On board systems for tracking & tracing, traffic information, route planning and route guidance.
~ Data collection (FCD) and electronic data distribution (Internet, RDS-TMC, VRS, GSM/GPRS).
~ Road-rail planning and tracking tracing systems.
~ On-site and remote systems management.
~ Electronic identification, payment and enforcement systems.

Quality control
The assurance of quality is established through the use of standard methodologies for project management (OMT, SDM) and system development (UML). Projects are performed according to ISO9001 standards.