smart!matics NG
The Platform for the Waste Industry
smart!matics NG
Fleet Management System and Mobile Processing for Municipal and Commercial Disposal.
The requirements for a mobile telematics solution for the waste industry – whether commercial waste disposal or municipal waste disposal – go far beyond pure localisation, vehicle and driver data readout and simple order transmission.
In each individual area, there are work processes and workflows that are constantly repeated and there are always new challenges and situations in route planning and route progression that need to be responded to spontaneously.
By digitising these processes, you will ….
- achieve realistic planning and calculation
- avoid empty runs and reduce vehicle downtime
- increase your profits by increasing efficiencies
- reduce CO² emission, make your company greener
smart!matics NG is a complete mobile solution for container management, municipal and commercial waste disposal, bulky waste disposal and street cleaning and maps processes such as order splitting, container to container navigation, container filling levels and integration of weighbridges.
With the first mobile telematics solution for all areas of a waste disposal company, Couplink has established itself as the market leader in the waste disposal segment. Major market players such as FCC, Buhck and Drekopf have been relying on the smart!matics NG waste disposal software for years.
Monika Tonne
„With over 20 years of experience, we are industry experts in the field of waste disposal. Thanks to our innovative strength, we are constantly developing smart!matics NG and thus offer modern solutions that are optimally tailored to the needs of our customers. Personal contacts and comprehensive support are at the centre of our offering.“
Let’s find out together which software solution best suits your company.
Tel.: 0049 – 24 64 – 90 93 610
Mail.: info@couplink.de
Telematics solutions for
- Municipal Disposal
- Commercial Disposal
- Bulk Waste Disposal
- Container Management
- Street Cleaning
- Sewer Cleaning
- Green Space Maintenance
- Recycling Containers
- Winter Services
Route Optimization for all container types:
- Large containers
- Skip
- Roll-off Containers and tipper
- Compactor Containers
- Document disposal
- Front loader
- Grease separator
- Hazardous goods
Key-Facts:
- A scalable all-in-one platform solution
- Integrated Route Planing and Route Optimisation
- More than 20 years of experience in the waste industry
- Developed together with the largest waste disposal companies in Germany – Veolia, Prezero, Nehlsen, Medison, Rhenus Data Office, Drekopf uvm. – and FCC from Austria
- Easy to start with!
Modular software for waste management:
Everything from a Single Source
Our telematics system has a modular structure and offers you the flexibility to choose between different expansion levels as required. For a solid start, we recommend starting with the Telematics Standard, which already includes a wide range of useful functions. However, if your company has higher digitisation requirements, we offer advanced Process Digitisation. At the highest level, the Project Specific Telematics, we offer customised telematics and digitalisation solutions that are individually tailored to the needs of your company.
Telematics Standard
- Location and tracking
- Order transmission
- Fleet management
- Driving style analysis
- Integration and reporting
- Subcontractor connection
Process Digitisation
- The most important workflow standards from the day-to-day work of a waste disposal company
- Incl. Route Planing and Route Optimisation
Project Specific Telematics
- COUPLINK Excellence
- Customisable workflows
- ETA calculations
- Dispatching in telematics
- Interface integration
Container Disposal
Perfect overview and real-time information of filling levels at customer location!
During operation, companies often do not know where their containers are located. In the worst case scenario, this leads to container loss, which results in high costs as they have to buy new containers. In addition, the lack of container management means that there is no overview of the status and quantity of available containers. Incorrect filling, overfilled containers and a lack of control over the filling quantity of the containers lead to high additional costs. Substantial savings can be achieved in the area of container management and disposal by the use of smart!matics NG.
Do you have a perfect overview of all containers and bins?
Do you know in real-time when your customer’s container is full?
Container disposal module
- Container management/inventory
- First container inventory possible anywhere based on OCR recognition of container numbers, barcodes, QR codes or RFID
- Order splitting (logical tour segments)
- Detection/documentation of incorrect filling, container condition, etc. via photo evidence
- Integration of truck weighing system and weighbridge
- Integrated container tracking and location
- Departure control
- Digital signature
- Optimisation of downtimes
- Automated order creation through the connection of filling level sensors
- Optional: FMS data evaluation for disposer-specific driving style analysis
One solution for all container types - including:
- Large containers/building waste
- Skip and containers
- Roll-off containers
- Compactor containers
- Document disposal
- Front loader
- Roll-off tipper
- Document disposal
- Food waste disposal
- Grease separator
- Hazardous goods
- Canisters
- Pallets
- Workshop waste
- etc.
Interfaces & Integration
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Integration of stationary and mobile weighing systems
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Connection of disposal software
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Transmission of measured values from container sensors
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Free system connections with OpenTelematics
Commercial Route Optimisation and Planning
Avoid empty runs and reduce your fleet’s consumption to increase your company’s profits!
Container route optimisation for waste disposal companies offers great added value for you. Many software solutions reach their limits when it comes to optimising and planning container tours. Until now, it has hardly been possible to map the special features. The fact that several containers can be transported in stacks when ‘placing’ and ‘changing’, but not when ‘collecting’, is just one special feature that has been difficult to cover up to now.
COUPLINK closes this gap with the new Route Optimisation, especially for planning and optimising routes with containers.
Thanks to the integration into the telematics solution smart!matics NG, you benefit from a standardised solution that quickly uncovers large savings potentials with high data integrity.
Strategic and Operational Route Planning
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Optimisation by type of order (filling, changing, collecting, etc.)
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Creation of batches for corresponding containers
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AI-based optimisation based on historical route data
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Special optimisation cycles for collection points, reuse of empty containers, etc.
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Consideration of specific restriction rules
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Integration of ad hoc orders into existing routes Container tour optimisation (e.g. stacking)
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Consideration of restrictions (e.g. full containers cannot be stacked)
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Front loader tour optimisation based on weight and/or volume restrictions
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Distance to waste disposal facility
Benefits and added value
- Best performance through integration in telematics system.
- Fast recalculations are also possible during an ongoing tour.
- High added value through the creation and comparison of new route plans.
- Create quotes faster and more accurately as costs can be simulated in advance.
- Potential savings through optimised routes, resources and vehicle deployment.
Special features
- Integration into the telematics system ensures that the optimised routes are assigned directly to the employees and that all data is available for comparison in the software as a basis for renewed optimisation.
- Existing historical data is used as actual values for planning in the introductory phase.
Between 5% and 15% reduction in operational costs (km, time, trucks),
leading to a major reduction in CO2 emissions.
Significiantly increased route quality, employee satisfaction and planning flexibility.
Municipal Waste Disposal
The municipal routes are known,
even if the regular driver is absent!
Enjoy the benefits of a state-of-the-art navigation that enables its users to combine technology’s ability to optimise a route with the human experience of having driven that route for years.
The system provides the drivers with a container-to-container navigation (packman-tour), ensuring every segment is completed and that all collections are made.
Instructions can be used written or spoken at the appropriate point in the route – for example – drive backwards into the street. These instructions can be stored individually.
Advantages of smart!matics NG
Safety – the driver can concentrate fully on the road.
Driver efficiency – the additional guidance can enable drivers to drive new routes and remove the need for double manning of vehicles.
Customer service – improves customer satisfaction by performing your services on time and the number of missed lifting operations is reduced, which minimises the number of additional emptying trips.
Reduced fuel usage and emissions – by using optimal routes additionalmiles resulting from driver error or missed lift can be reduced.
Municipal Waste Collection
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GPS trace import
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Street editing and adding
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Adding instructions
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Visual map guidance
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Voice led navigation
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Record routes automatically
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Municipal route guidance
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Municipal area planning/intersection
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Reverse travel register
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Reschedule routes in real-time
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Splitting and redistribution of active routes
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Integrate redirects into active routes
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Real-time information about the status of
emptying concerning a specific area -
Missed tons at a glance
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Target/actual comparison
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Bin provision or mobile repair orders
One solution for all business areas
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Municipal waste disposal
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Recycling containers
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Bulky waste
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Street cleaning
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Sewer cleaning
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Winter road cleaning
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Green space maintenance
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etc.
Schnittstellen & Integration
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Monitoring of auxiliary drives
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Integration of superstructures
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Truck scale connection
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Connection to waste disposal software
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Free system connections with OpenTelematics
Municipal Route Optimisation and Planning
By integrating Route Optimisation into the smart!matics NG Platform, operational data is used to optimise municipal routes, increasing efficiency and promoting decarbonisation efforts.
Automatic route optimisation can help your business reduce mileage and driving time, and lower your overall carbon footprint.
The system can optimise master routes, insert ad hoc orders into existing master routes and conduct daily batch-based route optimsation.
Strategic and Operational Route Planning
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Master route optimisation
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Calculation of new disposal areas via recorded stop list or address list
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Creating and comparing new route plans for quote preparations
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Prediction planning based on actual and historical information
- Recalculation of routes in real-time
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Include both, regular and ad-hoc orders
- Safety, opening and closing hours, school areas
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Map integration and visualisation
Benefits and added value
- Best performance through integration in telematics system.
- Fast recalculations are also possible during an ongoing tour.
- High added value through the creation and comparison of new route plans.
- Create quotes faster and more accurately as costs can be simulated in advance.
- Potential savings through optimised routes, resources and vehicle deployment.
Special features
- Integration into the telematics system ensures that the optimised routes are assigned directly to the employees and that all data is available for comparison in the software as a basis for renewed optimisation.
- Existing historical data is used as actual values for planning in the introductory phase.
Digital processes are revolutionising
the productivity of waste management companies
and are increasing their competitive ability.
Excellence in Telematics and Fleet Management Systems
Customisation
All major functions of standard telematic solutions can be customised in the Workflow Creator.
Everything in one Application
Easy to get started with our telematic app Couplink smart!matics.
Bring Your Own Device
Hardware independence (iOS | Android | Windows Mobile) TomTom (Mercedes Fleet-Board).
Leveraging Standards
As a co-founder of the opentelematics e.V. association, integrating with existing systems is our daily business (over 70 interfaces available).
Future Technologies
In cooperation with the research institute FIR e.V. at RWTH Aachen University, we are pioneering innovative solutions.
Everything Connected
We enable connectivity across the entire supply chain by using our communication platform.
References
With the first mobile telematics solution that considers all facets of a waste disposal company in German speaking countries, COUPLINK has established itself as the market leader in the waste disposal segment. Major market players such as PreZero, Buhck Gruppe and Veolia Deutschland have been relying on the smart!matics NG Platform for years and, as lead users, ensure its constant expansion in line with their growing requirements.
Our customers include companies such as PreZero Deutschland KG, Veolia Umweltservice GmbH, A. & P. Drekopf GmbH & Co. KG, Rhenus Data Office GmBH, Remondis Medison GmbH, Buhck Gruppe and FCC Environment CEE GmbH.
PreZero
„With COUPLINK, we get everything from a single source, and the software functions
can be flexibly and precisely tailored to our approaches during live operation. After using COUPLINK Solutions for more than 7 years we were absolutely convinced by the product, the fast implementation and the customisation options.“
Maik Gronau, Project Manager and Managing Director PreZero Logistik
VEOLIA
„Thanks to the fast and flexible implementation of our requirements by COUPLINK, we were able to equip our entire fleet of around 1,100 vehicles with smart!matics NG Platform within just one year. The implementation of the roll-out in such a short time is unbeatable.“
Wolfgang Schäfer, Regional Managing Director Veolia Umweltservice Süd GmbH & Co. KG
FCC
„In 2023, the FCC Environment CEE Group opted for the flexible smart!matics NG Platform solution, which can be adapted to our requirements. With COUPLINK, we see a holistic solution that enables us to cover all the different areas of waste disposal across the Group in seven countries. What’s more, the process modeling function allows us to meet all country-specific requirements with a single solution – we expect significant time and cost savings.“
Mario Fink, Head of Group Logistics, FCC Environment CEE GmbH, Austria
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