The aims of the Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) are twofold:

to substantially simplify and improve the booking process for customers of public transport trips and,
to lower complexity and distribution costs for retailers, distributor and carriers.

The OSDM strengthens rail and public transport as a convenient and ecological means of transportation by simplifying distribution. Finally, it lays a solid fundament which can be extended to the distribution of other means of transportation.