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Author: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Petroleum remains a strategic resource in the global economy, underlining the challenges of producing and transporting oil. [TO BE UPDATED] 1. Petroleum Very few commodities have become as vital as petroleum since it can be used as a source of energy and a raw material in

Inbound Logistics Optimization of warehouse usage; logistics modeling Sales and Marketing GIS as a market analysis tool; simulation of dispersion of new products; target marketing and advertising Services Route planning; dealer network maintenance; customer complaints; dispatch; maintenance forecasting Operations Enhancing the spatial content of process or product Outbound Logistics Route

Representing the “real world” in a data model has been a challenge for GIS since their inception in the 1960s. A GIS data model enables a computer to represent real geographical elements as graphical elements. Two representational models are dominant; raster (grid-based) and vector (line-based):

Authors: Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw and Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) refer to the principles and applications of geographic information technologies to transportation problems. 1. GIS in Transportation In a broad sense, a geographic information system (GIS) is an information system specializing in the input, management, analysis,

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2013. The banana is the world’s most consumed fruit and is subject to a specific ripening process before being ready for consumption. If the ripening is done under controlled conditions, the quality (even ripening with no imperfections such as black spots) and market value of the

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2013. Food distribution relies on a very stable demand that must be satisfied in a timely fashion, particularly for the distribution of perishable food products such as produce, dairy, and meat. The tendency has been the consolidation of food distribution in large complexes servicing extensive markets

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2007. The underground warehousing facility, called Subtropolis, represents a unique initiative to take advantage of the space made available by a former limestone mine. The facility that spans 4.5 square kilometers has several advantages: Temperature stability. Because the facility is underground the ambient temperature is in

Source: H.L. Vega (2008) Trade and Transportation Costs in Ecuador: A Case Study of Fresh Flowers, LAEBA 2008 Fourth Annual Meeting Lima, June 17, 2008. The globalization of the fresh flower industry started in the early 1970s with the development of long-distance jet services that could carry time and temperature-sensitive

Source: Adapted from the Oppenheimer Group. Cold chain logistics have enabled the availability of fresh produce almost continually. What used to be only seasonally available can now be provided year-round, either because the supply is in a tropical with a continuous growing season, it is grown in controlled conditions (e.g.

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2013. Chilled meat represents a significant export market, particularly for countries with active livestock farming, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Argentina. However, meat exporters are usually located long distances from major consumption markets. Conventionally, meat was exported to foreign markets in a frozen form.