10+ Business Needs fulfilled by GIS
Updated: Jun 13
In my previous posts, I had explained in detail how mapping solutions can help businesses to select a new location, monitor and mitigate risk & manage supply chain and improve operations.
These are not the only use cases. In this article, I will elaborate on the business needs fulfilled by mapping solutions / GIS, using the following structure- a) Name of the business need and how GIS can be useful, b) Additional hardware requirements and c) Case Video.
(The concepts are borrowed from, and explained in more detail, on my partner website. Link in the Headings below will lead you there. The industries are sorted in Alphabetical order).
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1. Asset Tracking and Analysis
Description: Mapping Solutions help to track and understand Asset location & condition, Performance & Life-cycle of key assets.
Additional Hardware Required: Yes
Video 1: University of Minnesota
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2. Economic Development
Description: Mapping Solutions help to visualize and analyze economic indicator datasets (at a geo-spatial level) to aid you in your decision-making - discovering where to invest, growing sustainably.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 2: Vayam Technologies
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3. Facility Management
Description: Mapping Solutions help to visualize, monitor and analyze business operations in your facility. Equivalent to 'Indoor Mapping' and helps strengthen Facility Operations.
Additional Hardware Required: Likely
Video 3: Exxon Mobil
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4. Field Service Management
Description: Mapping Solutions help to integrate and share on-ground projects & operations information from pan-geography Project sites & Branches with the Central Planning & Strategy team and aids in preparing an effective Field Strategy and a Visual Dashboard of Field Operations.
Additional Hardware Required: Not Necessary
Video 4: CoServ
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5. Logistics and Fulfillment
Description: Mapping Solutions can help to visualize, analyze and derive near-real time insights about the logistics operations of your organization. View my article on logistics capabilities of mapping solutions here. These solutions aid in Route Management; Preparing a Fulfillment Strategy (eg. Pizza Delivery within 30 minutes or free).
Additional Hardware Required: Yes
Video 5: Making Transportation Agencies 'Smarter'.
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6. Market & Customer Analysis
Description: Mapping Solutions help to make better sense of Customer Location, Behaviors and Preferences and thereby, aids in New Market Expansion and in creating customized Shopping Experiences.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 6: Walgreens
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7. Operational Efficiency
Description: Mapping Solutions help to visualize, analyze and optimize end-to-end business and project operations.
Additional Hardware Required: No, but Software Integrations are necessary and this feature is available in powerful mapping platforms
Video 7: The Port of Rotterdam
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8. Performance Monitoring
Description: Mapping Solutions help to manage Projects, visualize Workflows and aids in charting KPIs, in Quality Control as well as planning for swift Incident Response.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 8: BP
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9. Real Time Location Tracking
Description: Mapping Solutions / Location Analytics help to keep track of, and understand patterns about all things that matter - human or otherwise, on a near real time basis.
Additional Hardware Required: Yes
Video 9: Utah Department of Natural Resources
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10. Risk Management
Description: Mapping Solutions help to know or predict the damage extent, develop a mitigation plan and deploy a crisis response plan. View a previous related article of mine, here.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 10: General Motors
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11. Site Analysis & Territory Planning
Description: Mapping Solutions help to shortlist the best business locations to facilitate growth keeping the cost constraints in mind. View my elaborate article on this topic, here.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 11: The Shopping Center Group
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12. Supply Chain Digitization
Description: Mapping Solutions can aid in digital transformation of the supply chain operations as well as can contribute to workflows related to Operations Excellence & Network Design.
Additional Hardware Required: No
Video 12: Seneca Resources
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ABOUT US
Intelloc Mapping Services | Mapmyops is engaged in providing mapping solutions to organizations which facilitate operations improvement, planning & monitoring workflows. These include but are not limited to Supply Chain Design Consulting, Drone Solutions, Location Analytics & GIS Applications, Site Characterization, Remote Sensing, Security & Intelligence Infrastructure, & Polluted Water Treatment. Projects can be conducted pan-India and overseas.
Several demonstrations for these workflows are documented on our website. For your business requirements, reach out to us via email - projects@mapmyops.com or book a paid consultation (video meet) from the hyperlink placed at the footer of the website's landing page.
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