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The project was expanded from the original plan of covering just one to two depots, after a fire broke out at the Keolis Hornsberg site in December 2018 reducing its capacity. The system has been installed at both the main Hornsberg and auxiliary Bromma depots. GEPS for Yard management will be used to streamline the bus depot operations and facilitate maintenance planning and repair to save staff time and increase visibility. H& D Wireless was responsible for conceptualization, development, installation, configuration, optimization, addition of WiFi / Internet access. After system and field testing of GEPS by H&D Wireless, Keolis has now approved delivery, which means start of commercial cloud service.

The contract for the Hornsberg depot is for two years and corresponds to a deal value of SEK 1.2 million. In the agreement, Keolis has also issued an intent to extend the contract to all five depots in Stockholm area after further evaluation.

- Jan Kilström, CEO Keolis Sverige AB said, "We have high expectations for the H&D Wireless solution. The staff at Hornsberg depot can already see clear improvements in their operations after they have gained access to GEPS®. The system visualizes and streamlines the handling of how we find buses at the depot, which was a task that until now had been handled completely manually with a lot of extra work, risk of delays and potential misunderstandings. We are enhancing our operations to deliver the best possible service and in the long run, win more tenders in a fiercely competition marketplace. Assuming the commercial service of GEPS® runs well, we can now proceed with planning the roll-out to other depots according to the Dec'2018 LOI.".