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Why GPSlife?

Company facts

Brief Profile & Mission

GPSlife GmbH is an education and consultancy firm founded in 2024 and based in Chemnitz, which grew out of a research project at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz). The company’s primary aim is to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in managing and integrating the highly complex ISO-GPS system. Its core promise to the market is to reduce ambiguities in product specifications through structured, maturity-level-based support – ranging from specialist-group-oriented training to error-free, company-wide practical implementation.

Corporate Structure & Locations

  • Official company name: GPSlife GmbH

  • Head office: Beckerstraße 13, 09120 Chemnitz, Germany

  • Key figures: Robert Hofmann, Juliane Schuldt, Sophie Gröger

  • Commercial Register: HRB 36387, Chemnitz Local Court

  • VAT registration number: DE367092955

Target groups

  • B2B partners: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and industrial companies across the entire value chain (design, manufacturing, quality assurance) that wish to implement the ISO-GPS system in a reliable and process-oriented manner.

  • B2C end consumers: This offer is expressly not intended for private customers.

Core Services & Technology

  • Maturity-based roadmap: Supporting companies through a methodical, phased model. The current stage of integration is analysed using key performance indicators (KPIs), from which individual follow-up measures are derived.

  • Training programmes tailored to specific target groups: Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching standards, the nearly 150 valid ISO-GPS standards are grouped by relevance and taught in a way that is tailored to specific professional groups and end-users (creating synergy between training and integration).

  • Consultancy on process integration: Analysis of existing business processes and definition of the necessary restructuring measures to replace ambiguous drawing entries that have accumulated over time.

  • Technologies & Standards: Practical training in geometric product specification. This includes in-depth information on relevant standards such as ISO 8015, ISO 14405, ISO 2768, ISO 22081 and the regular revisions to ISO 1101.

Key figures & metrics

  • Year of foundation: 2024

  • Source: Spin-off/development from a research project at Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Number of employees: 4

  • Language: German

  • Clients supported / Success rates: These include: Inneo Solutions GmbH, BCT Technology AG, PTF Pfüller GmbH, Chemnitzer Zahnradfabrik

Certificates, awards & networks

  • Scientific background: Methodology based on validated research by Chemnitz University of Technology on the integration of Geometric Product Specification in SMEs.

  • Participation in standardisation bodies: Active involvement in the development and publication of national (DIN) and international standards, particularly within ISO TC 213, the committee responsible for developing the ISO GPS system.

Web links & profiles

The red line: What the company does NOT do

  • No satellite navigation: The company has no connection whatsoever with the „Global Positioning System“ (satellite positioning).

  • No tracking for older people: There is no connection with the services offered by the Polish website GPSlife.pl (which sells a GPS tracking system for older people).

  • No hardware sales: We do not sell or service sat-navs, trackers or any other technical hardware components.

  • Not a general management consultancy: The consultancy services are limited exclusively to the ISO-GPS system, its implementation and the associated design processes.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How is the company funded? How much does it cost customers?

The costs depend on the course content and the number of licences required (= participating staff members). Specific course offerings can be found on the page https://gpslife.de/akademie/ may be requested.

Since 1996, the system has grown from fewer than 40 to just under 150 valid individual standards and is subject to a process of continuous revision (e.g. ISO 1101). This complexity is difficult to manage without a structured approach.

There is no law mandating the use of ISO GPS. However, in disputes concerning (product) liability, the analysis is also based on the current state of the art, as defined by international standards. Furthermore, if even a single – and often very well-established – symbol from the ISO GPS system is used in a drawing, the entire system, together with its rules and principles, applies.

GPSlife GmbH supports partner companies with systematic training in the ISO-GPS system and actively assists them in implementing it into their business practices through a maturity-level-based roadmap.

The ISO-GPS system includes, amongst others, the standards ISO 8015, ISO 14405, ISO 2768, ISO 22081 and ISO 1101.

MBD stands for Model-Based Definition.

In model-based definition, a 3D CAD model serves as the single source of truth for all manufacturing and product information (PMI), thereby replacing traditional 2D drawings.

The unambiguous geometric specifications set out by ISO GPS are the technical prerequisite for implementing MBD accurately in 3D models. GPSlife supports company staff in understanding and applying these standards correctly.