October 2, 2008
Optimised control for Europe's most up-to-date combined transport inland  terminal
INFORM asserted itself in the face of some tough competition and is developing an integrated IT solution for the support and optimisation of the entire process organisation together with KTL on the basis of SyncroTESS.
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September 25, 2008
Optimised loading in the cement works and depots of Lafarge Ciment (Romania)
Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, is now optimising the order scheduling of its products in all Romanian cement works and depots with SyncroTESS.
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September 8, 2008
SyncroTESS also controls the central warehouse of the logistics service provider Loxxess for the Wacker chemicals group
The existing system at Wacker has now been extended to include control over the transports between the Burghausen plant and the Loxxess central warehouse. Employees at Loxxess can now access the SyncroTESS data via the scheduling interface and statistics module too so that can schedule their vehicles and generate settlement data.
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July 28, 2008
Hermes Logistics Group entrusts SyncroTESS with its second main handling base
The Hermes Logistics Group (HLG) successfully commissioned the HUB in Hückelhoven at the beginning of this year. Since then, the SyncroTESS software has been optimising the yard management and the logistical cooperation of hall and yard staff. Following this positive experience with INFORM, HLG has now ordered SyncroTESS for its new main handling base in Friedewald, Hessen. An around 18,000 m² sorting centre will go into operation there in January 2009 which can handle over 20,000 parcels every hour.
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March 25, 2008
Successful participation at the TOC Asia 2008 in Shanghai
The 12th TOC Asia took place from 18 - 20 March 2008 in Shanghai, China. This year conference theme was “The challenge of scale – Coping with cascading growth”.
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March 10, 2008
INFORM receives elog@istics Award 2008
The SyncroTESS solution for the finished vehicle logistics of car manufacturers has convinced the jury that it is the best logistics solution in the automotive industry.
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May 7, 2007
Intelligent truck  transport control -
INFORM also optimises transport at the BMW AG sites in Leipzig and Wackersdorf
The intelligent SyncroSupply software solution has been optimising truck deliveries at BMW’s Leipzig and Wackersdorf sites since October 2006.
SyncroSupply synchronises truck deliveries with loading point capacities and time-critical production requirements at the site – the harmonisation of external supply with internal demand.
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March 29, 2007
On-schedule management of all transport –
INFORM oversees vehicle fleet expansion at CLAAS
Since November 2006, INFORM has been optimising all of the on-site transport at the CLAAS site in Harsewinkel. The SyncroTESS software now controls all of the transport outside of the production facilities at the headquarters of the largest manufacturer of harvesting machinery. For more than a year CLAAS has been using the software for the scheduling of all manufacturing supply transport within the facilities.
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March 20, 2007
Automatic status messages -
DSU Gesellschaft für Dienstleistungen und Umwelttechnik upgrades SyncroTESS
DSU Gesellschaft für Dienstleistungen und Umwelttechnik provides services to the steelworks industry and is using SyncroTESS for its transport and logistics solutions. As part of the process upgrade program, DSU is now planning to upgrade the existing system to include the transport of bulk goods.
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February 16, 2007
Optimised scheduling -
INFORM controls on-site transport at Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG
Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG will be controlling its on-site transport with SyncroTESS from July 2007. With a workforce of over 5,000, the company produces pig-iron, steel and heavy plating at its site in Dillingen. SynchroTESS will be used for the optimal scheduling of 45 vehicles in total, amongst them tractors to pull roll pallets, lorries and dumper trucks for transportation of tubs. The system will also control passive transport resources. This way Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG is able to improve scheduling, minimise empty miles and increase productivity.

February 1, 2007
Volkswagen continues commitment to SyncroSupply
The SyncroSupply truck control system synchronises truck deliveries supplying materials to Volkswagen sites. Since 2006, the IT system has been rolled out at the sites in Kassel, Ingolstadt, Györ and Salzgitter.
Following implementation at other sites, the system will control more than 3500 truck deliveries daily. In the future Volkswagen will use SyncroSupply centrally to control and optimise all truck deliveries of materials used for the production of automobiles. In addition to all external and internal information, the software also incorporates into planning and control all personnel involved, truck drivers, haulier schedulers and controlling staff.

June 29, 2006
Intelligent Control with TERMINALSTAR
At TOC Europe 2006 INFORM and HPC presented the new IT Strategy for Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB)
At TOC Europe 2006 in Hamburg INFORM showed how transshipment of goods is controlled at Hamburg Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) by the use of intelligent software.
Udo Nießen, INFORM GmbH and Sven Daniels, HPC GmbH explained in their well attended lecture "The intelligence behind: CTB's IT approach" the vital role of the TERMINALSTAR system for the reconstruction of CTB. They demonstrated how the software intelligently controls the entire network of goods transshipment. The project poses a challenge for every party involved as control components of the existing terminal software will be replaced by TERMINALSTAR modules while the container terminal will continue operating at full swing. „What we do is virtually open heart surgery“, says Udo Nießen.
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April 10, 2006
Automotive Congress in Bremen meets Big Response
From 6 to 7 April INFORM organized an automotive congress under the headline "Increasing Efficiency in Automotive Logistics" at DaimlerChrysler AG in Bremen. More than 70 automotive manufacturers and component suppliers met in Bremen to discuss problems and solutions in logistics.
The choice of the venue was no coincidence. Since 1988 already the DaimlerChrysler plant Bremen has been using the transport control system SyncroTESS for optimizing in plant transports. In 2002 DaimlerChrysler and INFORM developed in the framework of a pilot scheme the software solution SyncroSupply for synchronizing truck transports and inter plant transports, as to control external and internal transports in an optimized way. In the meantime additional DaimlerChrysler plants and other automotive manufacturers as BMW, VW and Audi are successfully using SyncroTESS and SyncroSupply.
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December 22, 2005
The Future of Intermodal Transport
The European Intermodal Research Advisory Council (EIRAC) presented to the EU Commissioners of Research and Transport the Strategic Intermodal Agenda 2020 in Brussels on 14 December 2005.
EIRAC was founded six month ago in Brussels as advisory board for Intermodal Transport within the framework of a Research Programme of the European Commission. The board is composed of more than 50 CEO's and Managing Directors of the key players in the transport market who are to develop a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Intermodal Transport in conjunction with a business scenario.
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December 12, 2005
INFORM optimizes Material Deliveries at Volkswagen AG -
Group Contract for the Truck Control System SyncroSupply
In future the truck control system of the software service provider INFORM, Aachen will control the truck deliveries for materials supply in the plants of the Volkswagen Group. The IT system SyncroSupply will be working as from spring 2006 in all important plants of the group which includes also the affiliates Audi, Seat and Skoda.
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November 23, 2005
SyncroTESS assumes Control at Trimodal Terminal DIT
The DIT Duisburg Intermodal Terminal is a trimodal hub with advanced seaport-terminal technology. As specialist for container transports and due to its large range of services DIT is an ideal partner whenever transports of containers or swap bodies are involved, be it within the port or for hinterland transportation.
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November 9, 2005
Fourth Site of BMW Group to be Equipped with SyncroSupply
As yet the SyncroSupply system for controlling incoming and outgoing of trucks has successfully been used in 3 plants of the BWM Group, in Munich, Dingolfing and Regensburg. In February SyncroSupply will be installed in the supply center Eching as well.
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October 19, 2005
SyncroTESS at a third Site of Lafarge Granulats in France
INFORM has been ordered to implement a third software system at Lafarge Granulats in France. SyncroTESS.Road (known at Lafarge Granulats under the project name Agate7 ) will now be used not only in Paris and Marseille/Avignon but also in Lyon for planning and real time optimization of appr. 100 vehicles running in bulk materials transport. The system's going-live is planned to be effected during the first quarter of 2006.
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October 12, 2005
SyncroTESS Extension and Renewal with Heidelberg
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, the leading global provider of Print media for commercial and industrial users, continues to favor the features and abilities of the SyncroTESS system which has been in use at Heidelberg for 10 years. At present the SyncroTESS system which was installed at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in the mid nineties is being converted to its newest version. A first phase of conversion concerning 12 vehicles has already been successfully completed. By the end of this year 30 fork lift trucks, 8 tractors and a total of 35 tractor trailers will be controlled by SyncroTESS. With the new system, optimization is not – as it was previously – only effected for the tractors but also for the fork lift trucks in production halls. The new implementation had become necessary due to internal restructuring measures and because the used radio data technology had become obsolete.
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August 11, 2005
Extension and Upgrade of the Truck Control System SyncroSupply at DaimlerChrysler AG, Plant Bremen
Every day more than 1000 high-class cars of Mercedes C-class sedan, C-class combi, CLK, SL and SLK roll off the production lines at the Bremen plant of DaimlerChrysler AG.
Since 1988 the transport control system SyncroTESS has been in use at Bremen for the control of internal transports and the transports to and from the field warehouses. The system assumes the automatic control of fork-lift trucks, Unimogs and tractors for trucks as well as the automatic dispatching of trucks with trailers and single trailers. In 2002 the truck control system SyncroSupply was installed as pilot project. Since then SyncroSupply has been fully automatically controlling all JIT /JIS deliveries to the loading places within the plant taking into account the capacities of parking-lots and loading places as well as the needs of the production.
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July 19, 2005
Basel MultiTerminal employs SyncroTESS as terminal management system
Since March this year, SyncroTESS has been successfully employed as an operative terminal management system at BMT. Containers are managed with slot-level accuracy, terminal owned resources are controlled and the timely execution of terminal orders is ensured. SyncroTESS continuously communicates with the terminal order system (TAS), which has been developed by Rhenus.
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June 20, 2005
SyncroTESS successfully in use at MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Munich
since 10 Years
For more than 10 years SyncroTESS has been used as transport control system at the Munich site of MTU Aero Engines GmbH. The nationally and internationally working firm is specialized in developing, manufacturing and repairing any and all of the components that make up civil or military engines . MTU is Germany's leading manufacturer of engine modules and components and of complete aero engines. With a workforce of 5,500 employees, MTU's headquarters Munich is at the same time MTU's largest site.
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May 19, 2005
SyncroTESS undertakes fleet control at Tracim, a subsidiary of Lafarge Ciments
Today, Lafarge Ciments, founded in 1833 by Léon Pavin de Lafarge is the biggest producer of cements throughout the world in terms of production capacity. In September 2004 the French company charged INFORM with the control of 300 trucks in the four sales regions in France.
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March 24, 2005
Successful appearance at the TOC2005 Asia in Hong Kong
TOC2005 Asia, the Terminal Operations Conference and Exhibition for Asia - the definitive meeting place for the world's shipping, port and terminals industries - took place in Hong Kong from 15 – 17 March 2005.
Together with HPC Hamburg Port Consultung GmbH, INFORM GmbH used this platform in Asia for the second time in order to present their solutions and concepts for container terminals and their common product line TERMINALSTAR.
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March 10, 2005
INFORM Software honored for being one of the most innovative logistics solutions
The SyncroSupply system convinces the jury at the famous elog@istics award
On the occasion of this year's elog@istics award the software solution SyncroSupply of the Aachen software service provider INFORM has been honored as one of the best logistics solutions in the automotive industry. The expert jury selected the system implemented and in use at BMW AG for dynamic truck control for being one of the most innovative practice solutions.
Prof. Zimmermann, academic counselor of INFORM, received the jury certificate from the Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor of Saarland, Dr. Hanspeter Georgi on the occasion of the AKJ Automotive Congress in Saarbrücken. The elog@istics award is focused on innovative concepts and solutions for logistics which have proven their value in practice.
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March 02, 2005
DuPont Optimizes Coatings Production with INFORM Software
DuPont Performance Coatings is the business unit which combines all of the coating activities of the US group DuPont. DuPont has been developing, producing and marketing coating systems for more than a century.
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February 17, 2005
New Order for INFORM
CLAAS, one of the world's leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery, will use the software SyncroTESS for the control of its in-plant vehicle fleet.
The product range of this Harsewinkel-based Westphalian company includes combine harvesters, self-propelled forage harvesters, agricultural balers and green harvest machinery as well as modern system, transport and towing vehicles. CLAAS employs approximately 8.000 staff members worldwide.
SyncroTESS will cover the control of all transports by ground vehicles in the factory premises in Harsewinkel. Transport orders and completion confirmations will be transferred to and from the vehicles via radio data. The module Multilevel Dispatch will be installed as well as a SAP interface. Already in Mai 2005 SyncroTESS will start real time operation with the first vehicle group.

January 18, 2005
SyncroTESS to Support Production Process with Audi AG, Ingolstadt
Since 1989 already, Audi AG has been using TESS in its plant in Ingolstadt. As yet, vans, trucks and tractors have been controlled semi-automatically with TESS via a control center.
Early in 2004 INFORM carried out a new concept study for Audi AG, Ingolstadt and recently has been given the order to introduce its new system SyncroTESS for the control of the entire materials flow for vehicle assembly. This includes goods receipt, storage and removal from storage with transport to the production and delivery to the assembly line, as well as the transport of empties and potential recyclables. Data communication between SyncroTESS and the industrial trucks will be effected via WLAN. In accordance with individual requirements, vehicle-mounted as well as mobile terminals will be used for the 100 forklift trucks and tractors.
The system will as well make available analyses, statistics and management information, as for example on changes in transport situation or on the efficiency of vehicle utilization.
SyncroTESS will start operating in mid 2005.


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