Since early 2020, an international logistics group has been focusing largely on expanding its logistics centres across Germany and Europe. The aim is to become less reliant on parcel delivery services and to increase in-house parcel delivery – using electric vehicles, amongst other things. The logistics centres are often situated in locations that are easily accessible by road and optimised for logistics, but some are difficult for non-car owners to reach by public transport. This is where the collaboration with agt – agency for global transport comes in. On-site shuttles run on your company premises, where there is no public transport, usually throughout the day. The employee shuttle takes your staff from central public transport hubs to your site and back, timed to the start and end of shifts.
Around ten years ago, agt took part in a tender for one of the logistics group’s sites, which agt won thanks to a compelling concept. Over the past few years, a strong and close partnership has developed between agt and the logistics group, which was steadily expanded from early 2020 onwards. agt’s bus partners take the employees to the sites in the employee shuttle. The employee shuttle is a fixed commuter service for your staff, timed to your shift patterns.
Employees are collected from pre-arranged pick-up points and transported along a pre-determined route. Before the shift begins, the number of employees to be transported is communicated to agt by the relevant plant so that transport can be planned accurately. From the pick-up point, the journey continues directly to the plant site without any further stops, where the previous shift is already waiting to be collected. A professional team in the control centre monitors the shuttle journeys, whilst the current status can be checked via the back office, which is available 24/7.