Where’s my package? Using GIS to Improve Logistics | The Business of Where

Logistics is a $13 trillion industry with an estimated 20% waste. See how GIS unifies the disconnected systems behind it. If logistics were a country, it would be the third-largest economy in the world. Yet about a fifth of it is lost to inefficiency, and that gap is a big business opportunity for the organizations that can close it. The root problem is fragmentation. Thousands of companies run their own systems, and those systems rarely share information. Cargo moves from ocean carrier to terminal, terminal to truck, and truck to yard, often with little communication at each handoff. GIS (geographic information system) technology acts as a unifier: it brings that patchwork of systems into a single, location-based view so teams can spot and avoid disruption before it spreads. You don't need to be a large enterprise to put location data to work. Esri's GIS for Small Businesses and Municipalities initiative gives smaller organizations an accessible starting point with ArcGIS, including curated licensing, guidance and templates to get started, success stories from other small organizations, and a directory of qualified partners to help them scale. Learn more about ArcGIS for your business: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/small-business-municipalities/overview Subscribe to @esrimaps for more on or more on how organizations use GIS to make better decisions and watch the full video to see how other industries put location intelligence to work.