GEOCONCEPT launches Territory Manager 3.1, a new version of its advanced districting solution

More powerful, faster and more user-friendly, this new version boasts new districting features on points, numerous improvements, as well as a new wizard for providing organizations with a better user experience and for better adapting to business needs.

GEOCONCEPT SA, the leading designer of geographical optimization technologies for professionals, is today announcing the launch of Territory Manager for Geoconcept 3.1, the new version of its online geographical information publishing solution.
More powerful, faster and more user-friendly, the improved districting feature based on a pattern of points, together with a new equidistant district feature, offers organizations a better user experience so that they can better adapt to business needs.

Thanks to its powerful optimization engine, Territory Manager for Geoconcept enables you to define the districting best suited to your market and strategy, simulate new sales territories and exploit their potential to the full. This decision-support tool uses all the data provided to construct optimized districts: balanced customer portfolio, efficient organization and reduced travel costs.


IMPROVED DISTRICTING ON POINTS FEATURE FOR SUPERIOR ECONOMICS AND OPTIMIZATION PERFORMANCE:
Territory Manager for Geoconcept 3.1 provides improved Districting feature ergonomics and now comes with two operating modes: a standard mode for simplified districting configuration, and an advanced mode for refining selected options.
A new optimization algorithm has been incorporated for faster, more reliable results; thus checking district compactness for consistently logical districts. To enable the user to create districts providing a better fit with his problem, new features make it possible to:
• combine several balancing criteria;
• define districts around existing points: poles or agencies for example;
• fine tune the optimization by manually reassigning points following districting.

For optimal legibility of the districting, improvements have been made to the visual representation of the results:
• creation of merged districts capable of being delineated by existing objects; • automatic transfer of values to districts: the user can easily display the various values associated with the districts in tabular form depending on the preselected balancing criteria; • automatic creation of themes on the points, poles or districts with the ability subsequently to modify the display parameters (shades, symbols, sizes…).


NEW EQUIDISTANT DISTRICT FEATURE ENABLING BETTER ADAPTATION TO BUSINESS NEEDS :
Territory Manager for Geoconcept 3.1 also incorporates a new Equidistant districts feature to enable users to represent existing points on a map: customers, depots, shops… and to define the corresponding geographical envelopes/districts. The solution uses the Voronoï method to define equidistant districts; a wizard guides the user if required.
To ensure optimal legibility of the districts achieved, the merged districts can be delineated by existing objects (administrative boundaries, for example). The user also has access to the automatic transfer of district values and to the creation of themes.

Noteworthy among the proposed features:
• Creation of equidistant districts around a cluster of poles: to define districts around points of departure defined by the user;
• Creation of equidistant districts based on points allocated to a zone (points already allocated to a group/to a zone…): to define sectors surrounding these points based on the principle of equidistance.


About GEOCONCEPT
Created from the merger between GEOCONCEPT, Europe’s leading Geographical Information System publisher, and Opti-Time, which publishes software for professionals, today the GEOCONCEPT Group ranks among the world leaders in enterprise cartographic and optimization applications.
Always at the forefront since it was founded in 1990, GEOCONCEPT combined geographical information and optimization tools to invent geo-optimization, or the optimization of activities by intelligently integrating geographical information into systems. Innovation is always at the heart of the Group's strategy with 25% of its expenditure dedicated to R&D. The benefits of geo-optimization apply to areas as varied as geo-marketing, territory management, crisis management or mobile workforce management… Within each area, the geographical optimization components and solutions can be integrated directly by the clients or by Group partners.
The GEOCONCEPT Group has locations in Paris, Grenoble and Caen as well as foreign subsidiaries: Chennai/India, Geneva/Switzerland, Madrid/Spain, Shanghai/China. Strategic partners also resell the Group's solutions in London/Great Britain, Mexico City/Mexico, São Paulo/Brazil, Tokyo/Japan…The Group's solutions are available in 7 languages. Today the GEOCONCEPT Group boasts more than 10,000 reference customers at 120,000 geo-optimized resources in 35 countries.

Press contact:
Christèle Fernandes
christele.fernandes@geoconcept.com