Usage of GPS vehicle tracking system for improving supply chain operations

Abstract

With iever-increasing icompetition, isupply ichains ithat ican ichange iand imodernize ithemselves ito ienhance iefficiency iand ieffectiveness ihave ibeen iable ito igain ia ivital icompetitive iadvantage. iGPS ivehicle itracking itechnology iis ione isuch isignificant ienabler ifor isupply ichain iperformance iimprovement ithrough icreative iand iinnovative iutilization. iThis iresearch iwas iconducted ito iobtain ianswers ito ithe iquestions, iof iwhether ithe iSri iLankan isupply ichains iuse iGPS ivehicle itracking itechnology ito iits ifullest ipotential iand iwhat iare ithe ibarriers ifor iits ienhanced iutilization. iIdentification iof ithe imotives ito iuse ithe itechnology, ianalysis iof ithe ilevel iof iapplication, iidentification iof imajor ibarriers ito iits ienhanced iutilization, iand iidentification iof isuitable iadjustments iwere ithe ispecific iobjectives iof iconducting ithe iresearch. iThe ilack iof iliterature ion ithe isubject iconcerning iSri iLanka iwas iidentified ias ia irequisite ito ibe iresearched. The iliterature ilargely ifocused ion iidentifying ithe ivariety iof iapplications iand ibenefits iavailable iwith iGPS ivehicle itracking itechnology. iThe ifocus iareas iincluded ioperations iplanning, icustomer iservice, ivehicle iand idriver imanagement, iload ifactor iimprovement, iand imany imore. iThe idata iwas ipreliminary icollected iusing ia iquestionnaire isurvey ifrom ia isample iof i34 irespondents ithrough iemail iand iinterview. iThe ipopulation iwas idefined ias ibusiness iorganizations iin ithe iColombo idistrict ithat iare iinvolved iin imanufactured iproduct idelivery iand iare ipresently iusing iGPS ivehicle itracking itechnology. iThe ijudgment isampling imethod iwas iused ifor isample iselection. iThe iquestionnaire iwas ideveloped ibased ion ithe iliterature isurvey iusing ia i5-point iLikert iscale. iDescriptive istatistics isuch ias ifrequencies, idescriptive, icross itables, iand ichi-square itests iwere iused ifor idata ianalysis. iReliability ianalysis iwas iperformed iusing i ialpha.