ERP Cycle for Cycle Business on the web

Cycle business on the web

Presenting real case study of Germany Deutsche Bahn organization.  You will appreciate perfection!

Call a Bike is a bike hire system run by Deutsche Bahn in several German cities, which uses a system of authentication codes to automatically lock and unlock bikes.  Here is the WEBSITE BUSINESS LOGIC:

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To find the bikes one has to search at the cross roads in the central areas of the towns or use location-based services on SmartPhones to find them.

1. To hire Customer calls the telephone number given on the bike which includes the BIKE’S ID and gets by voice the 4 digit opening code, which he then types onto the bike’s touch screen to unlock it.
2. To return: Lock the bike to a fixed object, and select “return bike” from the bike’s touch-screen. A code will be generated which then has to be telephoned to the control centre, as proof that the bike was locked. As well one has to give the exact street names of the cross roads, which has to be within the permitted town area.
3. From 2013, in some cities, e.g. Cologne and Munich, this phone call to return a bike is no longer necessary, as the return location is now being transmitted to the control centre by GPS.
4. Lock temporarily. Similar to returning the bike, except that it doesn’t generate a “return code”.

DB provides local numbers for the phone calls from a cell phone which are required to both hire – rent – and return the bikes. Depending on your phone contract, the cost of your phone calls may exceed the price of the bike hire. However, if you are using a German SIM card which often has a flat rate for calling fixed line numbers, phone calls will be FREE of charge.

The system uses an electronic wheel lock and a cable lock, all controlled by embedded microcontroller with touchscreen LCD display. A set of 1024 pre-generated lock/unlock codes are unique to each bike and stored in memory.

To borrow from CallBike

• Call a Bike – without stress and without traffic jam. Simply smart!
• Call a bike you can amongst others in Berlin, Frankfurt / Main, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart or Karlsruhe mobile on the go. Regardless of schedules, good for your figure and friendly to the environment.

DB Rent GmbH belongs together with the DB Fleet Service GmbH to the mobility service of Deutsche Bahn.