Cross-posted from the IAPHL forum with many thanks! Dear IAPHL members, Firstly, thanks to Victoria, Kamran, Gashaw, Wendy, and Prashant for providing their insights.They show the variety of value that GIS provides to logistics, I have categorized them into four different areas; OPERATIONAL/MONITOR AND EVALUATION - Monitor commodity consumption, stock status and stock out patterns. Use of interactive mapping (web maps) TRANSPORTATION - Route planning, available distribution routes, and transport costs SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN - Where to place regional stores? Study efficiencies of distribution systems RESEARCH - Correlation of stock distribution against demographic indicators - Reporting/trend range analysis of each products This is a good starting point, it shows what Kamran said, there is a diversity of applications for GIS with Logistics and this driven by the fact that “location” really matters for logistics. If you can think of other categories or other aspect that GIS could play a significant role please email us and add to this list. I would like to continue this conversation by picking up on a theme made by our participants which is that there are a number of considerations that must be thought through when looking to use GIS and Logistics data. For example, the need to have high quality GIS and logistics data to use GIS successfully, for example to determine the actual distribution routes. The FIRST QUESTION IS "WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS WHEN LOOKING TO USE GIS AND LOGISTICS DATA TOGETHER? As side pointed, GIS data is one consideration specifically in regards to GIS data and transport analysis. In a number of countries, this is a rapidly changing context and in a number of cases data is coming from the supply chain and is at the forefront of filling in this data gap. For example, in Ebonyi state, Nigeria, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT was looking at doing transportation analysis on the distribution routes, but, the available digital route network was incomplete. However, the delivery vehicles were equipped with GPS trackers devices for security reasons. Thus, the project then used the GPS data from these delivery vehicles to generate a more complete road network dataset that was then used for transport analysis (see blog: http://globalhealthafrica.org/2014/04/15/using-gps-data-to-deliver-health-products-to-people-faster/). Thus the supply chain itself was the source of this GIS data. In the case of transportation data we have been seeing a growing number countries that have GPS tracking devices in delivery vehicles; for example in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia have distribution trucks with GPS tracking devices that can be used to develop GIS data for transportation and routing analysis. The SECOND QUESTION IS "DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHERE SUPPLY CHAINS ARE, OR COULD BE, A SOURCE OF GIS DATA? Thanks for your thoughts. Regards, Andrew JSI
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