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According to Gerard Veldhuijzen, sustainable urban logistics is all about cooperation, mutual trust and coming up with creative solutions. “Pioneering. The role of ICT is important here. ICT can have a binding effect”, he concludes.

This lightweight version of the AMCS Waste Planner brings smarter planning solutions for optimising waste collection within reach for small and mid-sized fleets!

Here are ten reasons why IWS customers have moved to AMCS Platform in the past three years.

The AMCS Customer Portal 2.4 release delivers added value to municipal and residential operators by automating more customer self- service capabilities to boost customer satisfaction and to reduce customer service costs.

The new AMCS customer support portal delivers a best in class support experience. This support tool will enable customers to use self-service functionality to search knowledge base articles, product documentation, view their support case metrics in real-time, and log tickets through the customer portal

All the customer and transactional information at hand and up to date is one of the key values of an innovative system that includes a CRMS and a mobile app. This much is clear from an on-demand webinar hosted by Christian Pollklesener, Head of Professional Services at the AMCS Group. In the webinar, he explains some of the many features of the AMCS CRM and the mobile app, and gives a live demo to show the services' flexibility.

To achieve agility and efficiency in highly demanding and dynamic planning environments is one of the benefits organisations and companies can benefit from by centralising their waste collection planning. With a state-of-the-art system in place they can handle multiple intricate visit patterns while at the same time increase efficiencies, reduce costs, driver churn, and improve customer satisfaction.

In a rapidly changing world, for the waste and recycling industry, agility is vital to thrive in times of great complexity and uncertainty. It provides companies with the instruments to adapt to changes quickly and to succeed in a dynamic and fast-moving environment.

How to reduce drivers churn, which in some waste collecting companies annually can lead up to 15 to 20% of the workforce? The answer lays in guided navigation which on route accompanies drivers with turn-by-turn navigation and safety warnings.

Not many industries face so many challenges as metal recyclers on a daily basis. They have to deal with the complex logistic recycling process, rapidly changing prices and fluctuations in the global steel market. Respond quickly and with flexibility to the new circumstances is a major precondition to increase and strengthen their competitive edge.

Sharing knowledge about new technologies with Dutch municipal administrators responsible for waste collection in The Netherlands. According to Alderman Wim Willems of the City of Apeldoorn, this is the key value of the 'Smart cities in the G40' report.

Nowadays, more than ever, metal recyclers are faced with a series of challenges. The complex logistic recycling process, rapidly changing prices and fluctuations in the global steel market require companies to respond quickly and flexibly to new circumstances. Additionally, metal recyclers are also facing the current headwinds of the global economy. The front runners in the metal recycling industry are more resistant to these unpredictable circumstances. Innovative technologies support their agility and enable them to pro-actively respond to developments on the global metal recycling market. Since this increases both efficiency and margins, they can strengthen their competitive edge.