Frankfurt, November 26th, 2024 – The Resource Sharing Broker (RSB) is now live with its Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This MVP represents the first functional version of the digital platform that efficiently matches locomotive availability with demand and optimizes the entire leasing process for freight rail operators and locomotive lessors. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport within the framework of the federal program “Zukunft Schienengüterverkehr” (Z-SGV) with 1.86 million euros and was successfully implemented following the project’s launch in April.

With the MVP, users can already benefit from an intelligent matching algorithm that helps lessees quickly and easily find suitable offers. This feature allows locomotive lessors to better utilize their capacities and respond flexibly to short-term requests. The RSB was developed to increase efficiency in short- and medium-term locomotive leasing, an industry often characterized by slow processes and complex communication.

During the development phase, the RSB is available to interested users free of charge. The platform will initially focus on the German-speaking region, although users from neighboring countries will also be able to access it. The platform is available in both German and English during this phase.

The development roadmap foresees that the next phase, the so-called Minimum Marketable Product (MMP), will be released in May 2025, with features for negotiation, communication, contract conclusion, as well as handover/return and invoicing. Following this, further refinement of the platform and the introduction of additional features will be rolled out up to the prototype stage in February 2026.

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