March 10, 2008 - (Logistics Systems)
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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February 20, 2008 - (Airport Systems)
OCS' Successful Roll-Out to Gatwick Airport
INFORM has been implemented GS RealTime and Rostering at the aircraft-cleaning department of OCS to optimise rostering and real-time allocation processes as well as communications at London Heathrow Airport T1 and T4.
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Oktober 2, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
INFORM selected by IBERIA Handling to implement GroundStar at
Madrid-Barajas Airport
On 30th March 2007, IBERIA and INFORM signed an agreement to license and implement an extensive range of GroundStar systems to enable the management of IBERIA’S ground operations at its Madrid hub. Named GAUDÍ (an acronym which in Spanish represents the concept of an integrated system for the unified management of the airport operation), the system covers the main processes of demand calculation, shift modelling, staff scheduling and daily deployment and tracking of resources - in relation to both workforce and ground support equipment.
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September 28, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
Air France Going Live
Air France has gone live with GS RealTime at their Passenger Servive Department at Paris Orly Airport. It is the second department at Orly after Ramp Services, which went into production in May.

September 10, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
Emirates Passenger Services supported by GroundStar
Approximately two years ago, Emirates implemented GS Rostering and GS Planning for Passenger Services. We can now report that GS RealTime and Reporting have recently ‘gone live’.
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July 9, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
The RealTime Life at Air Canada’s New Station Operations Centre (STOC)
in Toronto
Air Canada has recently rolled out GS RealTime for their cleaning department within three weeks from start to finish. During a management meeting with Air Canada Thomas Schmidt, Director Airport Systems Division INFORM, visited the new STOC.
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June 29, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
Bremen Airport, Germany: Successful Going-Live of GS RealTime
What used to be done manually at Bremen Airport with pen and paper is today optimised by the GS RealTime module
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June 18, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
Gate Management System up and running at Eastline Handling
After the implementation of GroundStar’s Resource Management System, Eastline Handling now also uses GroundStar’s Gate Management System since February 2007.
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June 4, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
LSG Sky Chefs - Successful Airline Catering Supported by GroundStar
The two LSG Sky Chefs Transport Control Centres at Frankfurt are soon to be merged. GroundStar is set to play an important role in the realisation of the anticipated benefits.
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May 15, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
New Regulation on Assistance to Persons with Reduced Mobility
The new EU regulation regarding persons with reduced mobility poses a major handling issue to airlines and airports. GroundStar offers a solution that helps to fulfil the regulation at a minimum cost.
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May 7, 2007 - (Logistics Systems)
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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April 2, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
GS CRM Live at Cologne-Bonn Airport
The Ground Services Department of Cologne-Bonn Airport has recently added another GroundStar system to its existing IT environment. GS CRM (Customer Relations Management) supports the contract management and billing processes.
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March 29, 2007 - (Logistics Systems)
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 - (Logistics Systems)
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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March 5, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
Czech Airlines Gave Final Acceptance
GroundStar’s Planning, Rostering and RealTime Management are installed at Czech Airlines.
The Czech national carrier CSA implemented GroundStar systems for demand planning, rostering and real-time allocation of its ground handling resources at their hub in Prague Ruzyne Airport.
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February 16, 2007 - (Logistics Systems)
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 5, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
New GroundStar Customer in a Country Far, Far Away!
Air New Zealand implements GroundStar.
Starting in June 2006, Air New Zealand implemented GS Planning to plan its ground handling resources in the ramp, passenger services and line maintenance areas at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch Airports. The pilot for GS Planning was the Domestic Terminal of Auckland Airport.
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February 1, 2007 - (Logistics Systems)
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.

January 15, 2007 - (Airport Systems)
INFORM Wins Tender for Deployment System at Fraport
INFORM will develop a new system for Fraport Ground Services.
In 1991, Frankfurt Airport implemented the first real-time deployment system in its passenger services department, followed by baggage and cargo transport, and towing divisions, as well as administrators in the operations management centres. The system was designed by INFORM and was a predecessor of today’s GroundStar IT portfolio.
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December 21, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Lufthansa LEOS Successfully Went Live With New RealTime
The upgrade of RealTime as well as the BDE’s (mobile communicatio provided by INFORM partner proveo) has been done by Lufthansa LEOS staff with the support of the INFORM and proveo project teams.
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December 15, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
British Airways London Heathrow: Succesful Roll-Out into Baggage Logistics
In November 2006, the GS RealTime module and radio data terminals were successfully launched into British Airways Baggage Logistics in T1 Domestic Arrivals, Short-Haul and Long Haul Arrivals at Heathrow Airport. This is beeing followed by the roll-out of GroundStar to the same processes in T4 this month. By the beginning of next year the roll-out to the aircraft movements, ramp (loading/unloading and turn around managers) as well as passenger services areas will be effected.

December 13, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
OCS Acceptance for GS Rostering
OCS has officially accepted the GS Rostering implementation of the pilot station at T1 in London Heathrow Airport.
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December 08, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Final Acceptance at Stuttgart Airport
Stuttgart Airport has given the final acceptance of their Airport Management System to INFORM. This was the final step of a long-term project that finally put into place a complete state-of-the-art software solution to support ground handling operations at Stuttgart Airport, including an AODB and resource planning, administration and real-time allocation systems all based on INFORM's GroundStar IT.

November 10, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
SEA Handling Signs Contract with INFORM
In March this year, SEA Handling and INFORM signed an agreement in Milan to implement GroundStar for the planning and management of SEA’s airport handling services at Malpensa and Linate airports. The implementation of GS Planning, RealTime and Rostering has already been started with several workshops taking part at the moment.
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November 07, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
groundforce goes GroundStar
groundforce Portugal chooses GroundStar as best integrated IT solution.
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September 18 , 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Complete GroundStar System Live at Stuttgart Airport!
The complete state-of-the-art software solution to support ground handling operations at Stuttgart Airport, including an AODB and resource planning, administration and real-time allocation systems, is live and running stable since April 2006.
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August 1, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Going Live at Bologna
The GroundStar Gate Planning and Management as well as the Daily Flight Schedule and Flight Information Display applications and the Reporting application for handler information and operational reporting went live at Bologna Airport.
“This is an important step that will enable us to complete the project in the planned timeframe,” says Dr. Steffen Daehn, Project Manager INFORM.

July 21, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Vnukovo Airport Accepted GatePlanning
Vnukovo signed the acceptance for Terminal Resource and Stands Planning.
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June 29, 2006 - (Logistics Systems)
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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June 26, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
New Planning Version Available Now
The new version 5.8 of the GroundStar planning of staff, equipment as well as for stands and terminal resources has just been released.

June 19, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
GroundStar breaks records: 1,200 Security Agents Allocated Simultaneously
Fraport Aviation Security allocates 3,500 staff in total and up to 1,200 people in one shift.
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April 24, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
GroundStar Stand Management is Operational at London Heathrow Airport
British Airways goes live with Stand Management at its hub.
The GroundStar Stand Management system for British Airways' stands at Heathrow Airport's T1 and T4 successfully went live.
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April 19, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Even More Airports Implement GroundStar in Italy
GroundStar has signed contracts with Bologna, Bari and Brindisi (SEAP) as well as Milano (SEA Handling) Airports.
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April 10, 2006 - (Logistics Systems)
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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March 3, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
RealTime at Air France Running Smoothly
Following the implementation of the GroundStar planning and rostering system in June 2005, the pilot of the RealTime allocation system has now proved its capability by running smoothly since October 2005.
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February 3, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
British Airways Went Life with Stand Management at its Hub.
On Tuesday 31 of January the GroundStar Stand Management for the British Airways' stands at Heathrow Airport's T1 and T4 went life successfully. This follows the successful implementation of Stand Management in London Gatwick beginnings of December 2005.
The British Airways as well as the INFORM project teams are happy to announce that the system is operational and running smoothly at both airports.

January 17, 2006 - (Airport Systems)
Moscow Airport Vnukovo becomes GroundStar Client
INFORM has been awarded the contract for the implementation of GroundStar at Vnukovo Airport. The Airport wants to implement the GroundStar IT to improve its operation. As Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo Airport are GroundStar users as well, this means that all international airports in Moscow are then supported by INFORM’s GroundStar system.

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