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Welcome to our blog. Here we provide you with relevant background information, interesting interviews and current topics about our company, route planning, transport logistics and route optimisation.
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Will the future be electric? How route planning and e-mobility are connected
Electromobility has experienced an impressive rise in recent years. This development has also had a huge impact on the logistics industry, which is increasingly dealing with
Route planning system for small businesses - does that make sense?
Efficient routes are also crucial for the success of small and medium-sized delivery companies (SMEs). Immature route planning leads to uneconomical costs and additional time. While large companies therefore
The last mile in logistics: innovative ways for fast delivery
Online shops instead of city department stores - this trend is felt by everyone. Ordered with just a few clicks and after a few days, or better still the following day, the parcel arrives at your doorstep.
Find the right software for your waste management
Waste management is a complex system that can only be successfully managed with efficient route planning. This is because a high degree of flexibility is required
Tour optimisation for cargo bike logistics: Effective delivery in the city centre
The demands on parcel service providers are growing with the increasing number of orders. Delivery times are more difficult to meet. Freight bikes, cargo bikes and bicycle couriers are becoming increasingly attractive
Trade fair logistics: coordinating dismantling and assembly correctly
Traffic jam in front of the exhibition centre - everything is at a standstill. Trade fair time often also means stress time for the entire logistics. To ensure that the set-up and dismantling runs smoothly, it is already
Exploit synergies of transport management system and route planning software
Transport management systems are an indispensable part of modern logistics. They manage and distribute orders to vehicles and calculate costs. But when it comes to efficient
Food logistics: optimally plan multi-compartment transports.
How can companies save costs in their food logistics? Answer A: with the use of multi-chamber systems in the vehicles. Answer B: with the optimisation of processes
Climate protection in logistics: Save tons of CO₂ with sustainable route planning.
Global warming, rising sea levels and environmental pollution: The global discussion about climate change was not least initiated by the "Fridays for Future" movement by the Swedish climate activist Greta
Digital route planning in waste management
Manuelle Disposition Die Aufgaben sind vielschichtig – von der Planung eng getakteter Touren der Müllfahrzeuge bis hin zu bürgerorientieren kommunalen Dienstleistungen gilt es, zahlreiche Faktoren
gts route planning is part of the InkluServ research project.
Die Angestellten der WEK Werkstätten Esslingen transportieren Waren für den inklusiven Lebensmittelmarkt „Um’s Eck“ und das Café Morlock. Insbesondere ältere Menschen, denen die Einkäufe zu
Route planning contributes to mobility and participation.
Thanks to social inclusion, people with disabilities, illnesses or restricted mobility can participate in social life more than ever. Mobility is one of the basic requirements for
Can drones revolutionize logistics and route planning?
They fly autonomously from door to door, land precisely - even on moving targets - and return to the starting point without outside help. All of this
What do social projects and route planning have to do with each other? - gts systems
That we use our route planning software for a good cause! With the support of a Christmas package campaign in the form of our free tour planning and tour optimisation, we have shown
Dynamic route planning - this is how you avoid driving bans.
Whether craft businesses, package logisticians, suppliers, taxi companies or courier services for pharmacies - all of these companies have to drive into the city centers, all of them usually use diesel vehicles and
Route planning software - for efficient staff planning
Photo: Hannes Egler We have something against standing still. The acute shortage of staff in the logistics industry is due not least to a lack of flexibility in the company.
Plan, manage, configure, react, optimize tours….
While in the past planning was done on a map or pin board, today this can be done quickly by clicking on Google Maps done. The functions of the online service are sufficient for a manual route calculation between specified points
Avoid tolls in route planning or not?
Die Maut kommt auf die Bundesstraßen Wenn demnächst „verdächtige“ Kamerasäulen an deutschen Bundesstraßen stehen, handelt es sich nicht um „Blitzer“, sondern um neue Mautkontrollgeräte. Ab
How disposal companies plan the optimal tour without reversing.
Turning is often not possible in narrow streets. Narrow streets, parked cars, one-way streets, dead ends ... And then turn around? You can't even do
On time in the laboratory thanks to route planning.
Photo: Drew Hays Efficient route planning is very important for laboratories With over 50 locations in Germany, Sonic Healthcare Germany is one of the largest providers of
Will the future be electric? How route planning and e-mobility are connected
Electromobility has experienced an impressive rise in recent years. This development has also had a huge impact on the logistics industry, which is increasingly dealing with
Route planning system for small businesses - does that make sense?
Efficient routes are also crucial for the success of small and medium-sized delivery companies (SMEs). Immature route planning leads to uneconomical costs and additional time. While large companies therefore
The last mile in logistics: innovative ways for fast delivery
Online shops instead of city department stores - this trend is felt by everyone. Ordered with just a few clicks and after a few days, or better still the following day, the parcel arrives at your doorstep.
Find the right software for your waste management
Waste management is a complex system that can only be successfully managed with efficient route planning. This is because a high degree of flexibility is required
Tour optimisation for cargo bike logistics: Effective delivery in the city centre
The demands on parcel service providers are growing with the increasing number of orders. Delivery times are more difficult to meet. Freight bikes, cargo bikes and bicycle couriers are becoming increasingly attractive
Trade fair logistics: coordinating dismantling and assembly correctly
Traffic jam in front of the exhibition centre - everything is at a standstill. Trade fair time often also means stress time for the entire logistics. To ensure that the set-up and dismantling runs smoothly, it is already
Exploit synergies of transport management system and route planning software
Transport management systems are an indispensable part of modern logistics. They manage and distribute orders to vehicles and calculate costs. But when it comes to efficient
Food logistics: optimally plan multi-compartment transports.
How can companies save costs in their food logistics? Answer A: with the use of multi-chamber systems in the vehicles. Answer B: with the optimisation of processes
Climate protection in logistics: Save tons of CO₂ with sustainable route planning.
Global warming, rising sea levels and environmental pollution: The global discussion about climate change was not least initiated by the "Fridays for Future" movement by the Swedish climate activist Greta
Digital route planning in waste management
Manuelle Disposition Die Aufgaben sind vielschichtig – von der Planung eng getakteter Touren der Müllfahrzeuge bis hin zu bürgerorientieren kommunalen Dienstleistungen gilt es, zahlreiche Faktoren
gts route planning is part of the InkluServ research project.
Die Angestellten der WEK Werkstätten Esslingen transportieren Waren für den inklusiven Lebensmittelmarkt „Um’s Eck“ und das Café Morlock. Insbesondere ältere Menschen, denen die Einkäufe zu
Route planning contributes to mobility and participation.
Thanks to social inclusion, people with disabilities, illnesses or restricted mobility can participate in social life more than ever. Mobility is one of the basic requirements for
Can drones revolutionize logistics and route planning?
They fly autonomously from door to door, land precisely - even on moving targets - and return to the starting point without outside help. All of this
What do social projects and route planning have to do with each other? - gts systems
That we use our route planning software for a good cause! With the support of a Christmas package campaign in the form of our free tour planning and tour optimisation, we have shown
Dynamic route planning - this is how you avoid driving bans.
Whether craft businesses, package logisticians, suppliers, taxi companies or courier services for pharmacies - all of these companies have to drive into the city centers, all of them usually use diesel vehicles and
Route planning software - for efficient staff planning
Photo: Hannes Egler We have something against standing still. The acute shortage of staff in the logistics industry is due not least to a lack of flexibility in the company.
Plan, manage, configure, react, optimize tours….
While in the past planning was done on a map or pin board, today this can be done quickly by clicking on Google Maps done. The functions of the online service are sufficient for a manual route calculation between specified points
Avoid tolls in route planning or not?
Die Maut kommt auf die Bundesstraßen Wenn demnächst „verdächtige“ Kamerasäulen an deutschen Bundesstraßen stehen, handelt es sich nicht um „Blitzer“, sondern um neue Mautkontrollgeräte. Ab
How disposal companies plan the optimal tour without reversing.
Turning is often not possible in narrow streets. Narrow streets, parked cars, one-way streets, dead ends ... And then turn around? You can't even do
On time in the laboratory thanks to route planning.
Photo: Drew Hays Efficient route planning is very important for laboratories With over 50 locations in Germany, Sonic Healthcare Germany is one of the largest providers of
Summer Dinner 2023: Culinary delights, wine and lots of conversation
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the evening together. And that's exactly what we did recently at our Summer Dinner 2023.
Sustainable humanitarian work and why gts is committed to it
"When crises become perpetual, support must also become steady and sustainable." Under this motto, the international emergency relief and development organisation Oxfam has responded to the emergency situation.
The gts All Stars take off again
This year, things got particularly sporty at gts. After a two-year break, the gts All Stars once again took part in the B2Run and the Aachen company run.
Action, pleasure and dialogue at the gts company party 2022
It all started at the Powerarea kart hall in Lemiers. 3,2,1, go! At the gts company party on 15 August, employees were able to demonstrate their expertise in the
MATSE graduate at gts - versatile, exciting, independent
Graduation soon in the bag and ready for the next step? Do you feel at home in mathematics and computer science? If you now
Sometimes we reach our destination without optimisation
"Aachen is looking for the sportiest company in the Euregio“ - Ramona Richter, Gereon Bürvenich, Jonas Schüppen, Roy Hermanns, Tore Grünert and Michael Thärigen gladly
Hauptstraße, Schulstraße and Gartenstraße are the most common street names
Here the name (hopefully) says it all. When it comes to street names, Germans aren't exactly creative. If you search for the most common street names
"With 2 degrees in 3 years, I have very good prospects."
Jonas Schüppen has developed a map display for area planning and route planning. Jonas Schüppen is studying "Scientific Programming" at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences and at