Logistics and Distribution

Digitizing and optimizing operations

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Logistics technology for optimizing the network

Changing market forces and increasing network disruptions are requiring logistics business leaders to modernize how they plan, execute, and analyze operations in the logistics industry. They must continue to reduce costs, increase resiliency, and improve efficiencies across the network—from the supplier down to the consumer—to minimize disruptions while tackling sustainability pressures related to climate change and societal disparities. Location technology software is the advanced tool that enables the digitalization of logistics processes to deliver real-time visualization, network optimization, and predictive analytics.

  • Plan and adapt

    In response to ongoing market shifts and emergent threats, firms need to continually evaluate and reshape the geography of their businesses. With location technology, planners can project where facilities, assets, and demand connect with resource surpluses and gaps.

  • Operate and monitor

    To meet or exceed goals, operators can use location-based logistics technology to manage day-to-day operations and drive real-time insights. They can ensure that assets are used effectively in the field, monitor progress, and make informed adjustments as conditions change.

  • Analyze and optimize

    It is crucial to analyze network and asset performance to keep pace with market and customer demands. Spatially enabled analytics drive systemwide performance analysis, location data mining and predictive analytics using AI, and machine learning for continued optimization.

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End-to-end logistics life cycle

The demands within logistics organizations continue to grow more complex and expand in scale. Spatially enabled logistics technology is the tool that can help reduce costs, optimize service levels, and increase network resilience.

Trucking

Location technology can help operators automate the mapping of every movement, delay, and chain of custody for real-time visualization of actual against planned operations.

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Parcel and express delivery

To meet the growing complexity of fulfillment, location-based logistics technology helps package delivery firms plan, monitor, and adapt day-to-day operations.

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Rail

To reach their full potential, railroads are embracing spatially enabled logistics technology to improve systemwide performance through real-time decision-support systems.

Rail industry overview

Services delivery

As services providers respond to expanding markets, firms are tapping into the unique value of location intelligence to better understand and serve their customers.

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