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Ravensdown Fertilizer have invested heavily in GIS technology. Building on the great work that they've already done GBS helped them maximise the return on their investment by implementing a set of ArcGIS Server based reporting tools that led to direct cost savings
Who are Ravensdown Fertilzers? Ravensdown is the largest supplier of fertiliser in New Zealand, directly supplying more than half of all the fertiliser used in New Zealand agriculture Their Requirement One sector of Ravensdown's business involves the distribution of fertiliser over farmland throughout New Zealand. This is achieved using a combination of aerial and land-based distribution. Ravensdown were primarily concerned with the distribution of fertiliser using their Joint Venture Spreader vehicles. These trucks contain an on-board GPS for tracking their location in near real-time. Ravensdown wanted to take the GPS log files created by the vehicles and process them so that on-road and off-road tracking reports could be created. These report are used to enable Ravensdown to claim Road User Charges (RUC) back from the Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA). Additionally, the reports are used to monitor fleet efficiency. How GBS Helped GBS provided two main products: A GPS Log File Processing Application - Whenever a spreader vehicle is within mobile network range, any complete log files are transferred to a pre-defined location on the company’s network. The application then processes the log file and store the relevant information into database tables for reporting purposes. During processing of the file, quality statistics are calculated, and the log file copied to an appropriate network location based upon whether it was successfully processed or not. A Vehicle Reporting Application - A website was built allowing users to produce vehicle summary and detail reports for Road User Charges and fleet management purposes. Additionally, administrative users are able to configure the parameters used by the web and GPS log file processor
These applications were developed on an ArcGIS Server platform the first application: |
