GIS in SupplyChain Management

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GIS in Supply-Chain Management

• Henry C. Co
• Technology and Operations Management,
• California Polytechnic and State University

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To introduce GIS in two courses

• EBZ 304 Supply-Chain Management (for e-Business
  majors)
• TOM 420 Operation Technologies and Strategies
• (for Technology Operations Management majors)

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What will the students learn?

• An overview of GIS, GIS software and its
  functionality
• How GIS data are retrieved, analyzed displayed
  (sections from the green book)
• Where to go for more information
• Two supply-chain management applications
• Facility Location and Planning (based on the
  elementary-school location problem we did in
  class)
• Transportation and Distribution (using Arc
  Logistics)

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Online Video Clips from ESRI

• What is GIS?
• ArcLogistics Route 3 - Fleet Monitoring with AVL
  Systems
• GIS and Agriculture

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Teaching Methods

• 1st 2-hour class
• Theory lecture with PowerPoint slides and
  flashmedia
• Quick software demo (ArcCatalog and ArcMap)
• A group assignment on facility planning (similar
  to the elementary-school location problem we did
  in class) will be assigned.
• 2nd 2-hour class
• Discussion of project
• Demonstrate the use of ArcMap in solving the
  facility planning problem (PowerPoint slides with
  screens shots will be made available to the
  students).

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Teaching Methods

• 3rd 2-hour class
• Theory lecture with PowerPoint slides
• Quick software demo (Arc Logistics)
• Demonstration of a vehicle-routing problem solved
  on Arc Logistics (PowerPoint slides with screens
  shots will be made available to the students)
• 4th 2-hour class (Lab session either in 5-215 or
  smart classrooms)
• Instructions for lab sessions
• Students will use ArcMap to analyze the facility
  planning problem ArcLogistics for the vehicle
  routing problem
• In the vehicle routing problem, students will
  create their own trucks, drivers, and routes
  given the addresses of the locations and a
  delivery time using software.

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What will be covered in the lectures?

• What is GIS?
• Three Views of a GIS
• Types of Data Models
• ArcGIS Software Overview
• Geographic Data Concepts, File Formats, Topology
• Anatomy of Spatial File Formats
• shapefile, geodatabase, coverage
• Coordinate Systems and Projections

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What will be covered in the software demo?

• ArcCatalog (based on Chapter 4 of the green book)
• ArcMap (based on Chapters 3 and 8 of the green
  book) ArcLogistics (based on the tutorials in
  ArcLogistics Route)

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Assessment

• 20 of the final examination for the course will
  assess the students understanding of theoretical
  concepts and acquired software skills.
• Projects 10 of grade
• The questions asked will basically comprise of
  multiple choices or fill in the blanks type
  questions.

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Sample Exam Questions

• What are the two types of GIS queries?
• Attribute and location
• Table and attribute
• Location and map
• Containment and intersection
• What is a raster?
• An image that is referenced to a real-world
  location
• An array of square cells
• A dataset whose values represent classes of
  geographic features
• An array of triangular cells
• In vector data model, all geographic objects can
  be represented as
• points, lines, and polygons
• points lines and polygons and surfaces
• points, lines, polygons, surfaces and Pixels
• Cal Poly, Pomona is located in UTM zone
  ____________.
• The most efficient path between two locations is
  called a ____________.

The quizzes will be close book type.
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Resources Needed

• ArcCatalog, ArcMap, and ArcLogistics available in
  our smart classrooms.
• Non-print resources, catalogues and databases
• Selected materials from ESRI virtual campus.
• Digital books, Census 2001 database, selected
  State GIS Data from SA government.
• Lecture Slides, Exercise Instructions and
  softcopy of reading material