Tech Reveal: Can GIS & ERP integration navigate the way ahead in 2020?

• Nilesh Vijaybahadur Yadav
• 11-Feb-2020 03:05:20

Tech Reveal: Can GIS & ERP integration navigate the way ahead in 2020?

Geographic Information System (GIS) has been on the high in the leading business corporations of tomorrow - All thanks to its locational data precision. It is exactly where road networks, imageries, coordinates, land uses converge for enhanced geo-analysis in fostering wise business decisions of shipping, detouring, tracking and many more. All emerging professions today from engineers and urban planners to business associates equip GIS for feasibility studies & land suitability analysis in real-time. 

Enterprise Resource Planning (Tier II ERP) on the other hand is an integrated business solution that gives an organization complete control over all facets of its business operations. Real-time & easy access to information enables businesses to adapt swiftly to rapidly changing circumstances, react quickly to customer demands and reduce operating costs through streamlined processes & workflow automation. 

Empowering ERP with a range of GIS capabilities will enhance business processes & visibility throughout the business workflow. 

An integrated GIS-ERP will foster fixed asset management (right from acquisition to disposal with periodic asset depreciation forecasts), inventory control (notifying purchase orders & material requests when the resources reach the minimum level), Customer Relationship Management (generating Annual Maintenance Contracts & solving service-related queries) and overall project management (Architecture, Engineering & Construction). The digital empowerment offered by adding a map ensures locational analytics bridges through the project ecosystem - unhinging roadblocks & enabling visibility. 

GIS - ERP integration via Roadmap's Travel & Expense Management System ensures improved data authenticity of work-related trips & finances incurred within the city & its hinterlands via spatial optimization. Such integrations thereby mark the beginning of 2020 shedding some light on the unexplored travel characteristics within the city.