Telematics and GPS tracking

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Location pings (opt-in)
• Geofences
• Trip history

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Phone GPS use LOGI-0645
• Location history stored locally only LOGI-0229

Classification

Status

Present in catalog

Fit

Core candidate

Suggested module

LOGI: Simca Logistics (overlay on the CONN supply network): Load Board, Dispatch, Reputation

Suggested attributes

Lite and Pro; priority Standard; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Fleet, assets and field service

Public excerpts

S19

Archetypes and companies

Parcel, freight and shipping-store networks; Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Equipment makers with dealer networks; Utilities and energy suppliers; Vehicle, equipment and property rental and leasing.

Example companies in these archetypes: UPS, FedEx, XPO, Ryder, Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, Deere, Caterpillar. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Courier, parcel and postal services
• Trucking and freight forwarding
• Warehousing and third-party logistics
• Railroads, shipping and ports
• Wholesale food and grocery
• Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
• Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
• Industrial machinery and equipment
• Equipment rental and leasing
• Agriculture, farming and cooperatives

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.