siliconindia | | December 20198VEHICLE TRACKING BRINGING TRANSPARENCY IN DELIVERY OF MATERIALBy Biren Parikh, CIO, CERA Sanitarywaren organizations need material movement/track-ing every moment and everywhere for smooth functioning with higher success ratio. For material delivery, Vehicle Tracking is to make it accessi-ble and affordable to the organization, increasing the feeling of safety and security for both inside and outside at work premises.Nowadays, many organizations are working with very tight supply chain process for betterment of pro-duction schedule on timely manner. For this purpose, JIT (Just In Time) process takes very effective role into it. Clients (Customer/Vendor) have to send/receive material as and when required by buyer and strictly within time frame also. In this situation, Ve-hicle Tracking is much useful for de-livery to buyer in time and when they want it for further process with trans-parency also.Material delivery operations man-agement and associated cost translate to a very high proportion of the organ-izations' total spent. If it is analyzed properly & effectively used, it will bring tremendous cost benefit directly to the organization.Vehicle Tracking Solution gives moral turpitude to the organization & client (Customer/Vendor) in terms of materials/products delivery at expect-ed time.It helps the organization increase goods/materials safety, reduce traffic congestion and accidents, lessen car-bon emissions, and also minimize the overall financial expenses (its direct cost benefits). The Need· Many a times, materials/products are not delivered in time or are de-layed because of spoilage, wastage, breakup, loss, theft, etc. ·Some of materials/products like, · Food (i.e. Milk, Water, Chocolate, Ice-crème, Vegetables, Grains, Pizza, etc.) · Precious Metal (i.e. Precious stones, Dimond, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Cop-per, Zink, Steel, etc.) · Medical (i.e. Blood, Body part, etc.) · Others (i.e. Mobile Phones, Luxury Watches, Furniture, Clothes, etc.) For an example to understand above situation as below, Suppose, a vehicle containing Ice-crème is going for delivery to a client/dealer in other city. All of a sudden, this vehicle has break-down in any of below reasons,i.e. (1) Accident happen to the vehicle(2) Cooling problem/temperature(3) Wrong route selection(4) Traffic Jam(5) Tyre puncture(6) Any other break-down So the organization will not be aware of the situation in absence of any good tracking system. In above any of rea-son, the material will be spoiled/wast-ed or not delivered to client on time & in good condition. It's a fairly busi-ness loss to the organization. The Solution: Vehicle TrackingProper material handling through Ve-hicle Tracking solution for the organi-zation streamlines delivery processes, reduce costs, increase quality control and improve clients service/experi-ence. Through, GPS (Global Position-ing System) tracking, one can know the vehicle movement, route, speed, time, etc. GPS trackers form an invisible shield against crime.Vehicle Tracking system will provide location data and analyzed patterns to help the organization strategically plan everyday activi-ties and make more efficient use of resources in timely manner for pro-ductive output. The solution save time and efforts of users (Managers and Drivers).Key focus area is a selection / im-plementation of a solution to meet the organizations' needs to track materi-als/products through Vehicle Tracking effectively & efficiently.Adoption of Vehicle Tracking so-lution creates efficiency in a digital world with clear vision on time for delivery of materials/products, which improves productivity and efficiency of organization & client too. Every Solution/Service provider of Vehicle Tracking, continuously give thought for highest possible level of service with innovation in technol-ogy and software for betterment of proper Vehicle Tracking.IN MY OPINIONBiren Parikh is a experienced Chief Information Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the building materials industry.A
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