Fare collection system
Scheidt & Bachmann, a German provider of solutions for logistics and public transit, needed to modernize its heavy weight fare collection platform to a next-generation system.
- Industry
- Public transit
- Tags
- Legacy modernization
- Microservices delivered
- ~10
- And within budget
- On time
- Internal nickname from the client
- SWAT
The challenge
Scheidt & Bachmann, a German provider of solutions for logistics and public transit, needed to modernize its heavy weight fare collection platform to a next-generation system.
We joined other teams when core functionalities were implemented but they lacked extended functionality or consequences of fast prototyping started to create technical debt.
Our approach
We began with a comprehensive gap analysis to identify differences between the legacy system and the next-generation platform, mapping the business and functional logic.
This gave us a higher understanding of the whole system, allowing us to solve problems that needed orchestration of different business domains owned by original teams. It started with unifying fragmented external API that used different terminology and continued with circa 10 microservices implementing different enhanced topics.
What we built
We delivered production-ready core functionalities for the next-generation fare collection platform, including automated fraud detection, consistency checks between domains and real-time ticket pricing feedback. These capabilities supported the maturity of the system while enabling the client to serve different market segments.
Automated fraud detection
Consistency checks between domains
Real-time ticket pricing feedback
Services provided
- Legacy System Modernization
- Technical Architecture & Gap Analysis
- Custom Feature Engineering
- Autonomous Software Development
Impact
The modernized platform gave Scheidt & Bachmann greater flexibility in its go-to-market strategy, allowing it to continue serving large transport authorities on its legacy infrastructure while targeting smaller regional operators with the next-generation solution.
Delivered on time and within budget, the project demonstrated our ability to tackle complex engineering challenges. The quality and reliability of our work earned us the internal nickname “SWAT team”—reflecting the client's trust in us to handle its most critical technical challenges.
We needed a special team to handle a complex topic with many analytical and development tasks. instea proved to be a very reliable partner.
Laci Medveczký
Head of Scheidt & Bachmann Germany
