IVERTON – Intelligent Geographic Routing
The first activity in transport cost minimization is the optimization of the territorial locations of warehouses or, generally speaking, between the starting points of the transportation process. Of course modern companies often conduct detailed preliminary analyses of the advantages and disadvantages of any particular location, using various simulation software and differing methods. Meanwhile it is only the application of GIS systems that enables simulations and analyses such as:
Determination and visualization of a service area depending on drive-times from/to distributive centre (e.g. visualization of the area within 15 minutes drive of the distribution centre, supermarket or ambulance station).
Analysis of the demographic structure of population which indicates trends toward a particular location that might require a future distributive centre.
Search for the nearest infrastructure objects (e.g. the nearest motorway, airport or car ferry terminal).
3D visualizations in combination with satellite imagery and other analytical activities.