How GIS Mapping Can Benefit Businesses in the Supply Chain?
Irrespective of the sector, every business needs the assistance of a reliable supply chain to receive supplies and deliver orders in due time. Therefore, it’s not a surprise that the recent and rapid advancements made in the field of geographic information systems (GIS) have changed the world of business across every sector for the better. A more detailed look at the benefits of GIS mapping and its practical business use should provide us with a complete picture.
Boosted Management Capacity
Think about an interconnected, satellite-mapped, and cloud-synced software system that simultaneously puts every delivery truck in the fleet on screen with real-time location tags. That’s the kind of convenience and control that modern supply chain solutions can deliver. There is almost nothing that can possibly go unnoticed or undocumented within such a system. The fact that the AI powering the system automates most of the mundane tasks and suggests solutions to complicated problems is a huge bonus.
Problems will still inevitably pop up, but supply chain managers can take evasive measures accordingly to avoid or remedy them with faster solutions. They can now have a better understanding of the problem, even before the driver communicates exactly what the problem is in full detail. This clarity between them facilitates seamless collaboration. It also empowers supply chain managers to have perfect vision and better control over the entire delivery chain.
Predictive AI in GIS
The visualization aspect with real-time geotagging is a common feature that can be found in any reputed commercial GIS solution nowadays. However, what really makes the difference is predictive, learning AI algorithms working behind the latest GIS solutions. They collect and process data from numerous online and internal sources to run numerous simulations in line with the data in real-time.
These simulations are run continuously to find the best possible route for each on-duty delivery vehicle but that is not all. These simulations are run with real-time data updates, allowing automated GIS mapping software to change or redirect the drivers to avoid traffic, hazardous roads, roadblocks, bad weather conditions, and more.
Faster and Mobile Solutions
Although the software solutions are themselves cloud-synced, they do rely on local processing power to crunch all that data, route maps, predict problems, suggest solutions, and the list goes on. As one can imagine, this requires serious workstation-grade processing power. Amazingly enough, these Lenovo GIS Laptop models are more than capable of meeting those needs. This adds a new dimension to supply chain management because computational power like that was previously reserved only for huge workstation/server class desktops not too long ago.
When commercial GPS systems became standard for cargo vehicles, the supply chain managed to reach levels of productivity that were not even believed possible previously. However, we have come a long way from the early days of GPS and GIS mapping is a much more comprehensive solution. The benefits of such a comprehensive solution are evident because the speed, quality, and volume of deliveries have increased exponentially in less than a decade.
