Watch this video about the Geospatial Revolution (5:13):
Skim:
- Ryerson, et. al., Why Where Matters, skim Chapter 3 excerpt “GPS/GLONASS”
- A Primer: Five Ways GPS Vehicle Tracking Can Reduce Fuel Costs, by David Patterson, Directions Magazine, 2011.
- Field Service Management--Where Logistics Meets Location Technology, by Joe Francica, Directions Magazine, 2005.
- Roadnet Technologies Inc. Introduces Geotuning, New Logistics Tool Designed to Provide Greater Geo-location Accuracy for Fleets and Mobile Workers, Directions Magazine, 2011.
- Dan Blacharski. 2019. The real key to retail growth in last mile delivery. CustomerThink. 5 Mar 2019. Blog. [10]
Consider the following questions:
In the very last statement (in the Geospatial Revolutions video), the UPS manager describes the company as one that is “an information company that just happens to own trucks” rather than a trucking company that uses information.
- Why do you think the UPS manager described the company in those terms?
- Has technology and information become more important than physical assets?
- Regarding the "Field Service Management..." and "Roadnet Technologies Inc." articles, briefly what process has improved dramatically between the articles written in 2005, 2011, and today?
- What other industries utilize logistics?
Deliverable:
Post a comment in Canvas to the Lesson 7.2 - Transportation Sector forum.
- Choose one of the above questions and post your response.
- Reply to one of your peers' posted comments.
Due Tuesday 11:59 pm (Eastern Time).
Check the Calendar in Canvas for specific time frames and due dates.
Glossary of Transportation and Logistics Terms
If you are not familiar with logistics, supply chain, or transportation terminology, a quick internet search of federal or state Department of Transportation sites provides definitions and context.
Just-in-Time supply chains rely on a system where components or assembled products must be delivered to a destination at the exact time needed. The container or vehicle transporting the goods is the movable warehouse.
Route is the manner or track that a shipment moves; including the carriers handling it and the points where carriers transfer responsibility for delivering the goods.
Routing or route planning is an optimized delivery plan to coordinate multiple destinations, products, and customers. The process calculates the most cost-effective geographic routes for delivering goods to multiple stops (nodes) by minimizing the distance and/or time elapsed. Routing maps are provided to drivers in electronic, audible, and dynamic nagivation systems with options of integrated GPS, fuel efficiency measurements, and traffic analysis.
Supply chains are the logistical management system which integrates a sequence of activities; starting with delivery of raw materials to the manufacturer along a system of nodes and chains to delivery of the finished product to a customer.
Telematics are networked electronic sensors and component computers which are integrated in an information technology system to transmit real-time data. Telematics connect vehicles on the move, road safety systems, logistics networs for asset management, electical engineering, and company computer enterprise systems. Modern technologies create the networked environment using global satellite navigation systems (GPS, GNSS, GLONASS), cellular and wireless data transmission, IoT, and intelligent vehicle technologies.