Logistics and Transportation

Putting GIS at the heart of logistics activities enables organisations to plan optimal delivery routes, save costs and improve customer service.

For example, businesses may be able to squeeze in more deliveries on the same shift. Customer services teams can give smaller, more accurate delivery windows to customers. Drivers can take shorter routes to save fuel.

Find out more on ESRI UK’s Logistics solutions

• Sears in the USA, for instance, manages one of the largest home appliance repair businesses in the world. It has recently improved productivity of engineers by more than 10 percent, using ESRI GIS software to optimise routing of engineers for all individuals.
  Read the ESRI Sears case study ››
• In Sweden, DHL has 32 terminals spanning the country, operating over 1,500 vehicles. Standard practice was for the driver to sort parcels into the delivery order using his own knowledge of the area – yet this was highly inefficient, especially when the regular driver was not available. Using ESRI ArcGIS server, DHL created a system that marked goods with geocoded bar codes, automatically pre-sorting the delivery order into the least-cost route.
  Discover how DHL is saving between 30 and 60 minutes per
  vehicle per day ››
• Meanwhile in Minneapolis, USA, The Star Tribune newspaper has been working to reduce costs by improving the way it plots delivery routes. Using GIS software from ESRI, the system creates fully optimised route maps including the number of trucks needed, the miles they should drive, and the time needed for delivery.
  See how The Star Tribune could save more than half a million dollars
  over five years ››

Find out more about this technology

• Read about ESRI (UK)’s solutions for distribution and logistics
• Find out about ESRI (UK)’s transportation solutions
• Learn more about Geographic Information Systems
• What is GBI?