Abstract
The article presents a map dashboard aimed at enhancing the information flow in the forest-based supply chain (FbSC). We especially focus on the procurement stage and connect the stakeholders in (near) real-time via standardized data models, interfaces and services, as well as using open-source software only. For the communication strategy, we use a new approach that incorporates the user’s roles and tasks to create role-tailored views on the dashboard showing specific task-oriented web maps. Hence, the first research question aims at identifying the roles and tasks in Austrian forestry. We identified four major roles (site managers & foresters, forest workers, truck drivers, customers) and six tasks during group discussions. The second research question deals with the effects of a role-tailored map dashboard. Therefore, we evaluated the prototype in a two-week test phase that concludes with a field study with five experts. The results are twofold: qualitative using the results from field interviews and quantitative based on a now vs. then comparison with regard to the number of media disruptions. This comparison reveals that up to 80% of the media disruption in our use case scenario could be removed by using the role-tailored map dashboard.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 41 |
Journal | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Digital forest
- Field study
- Forest-based supply chain
- Map dashboard
- Media disruptions
- Procurement
- Task-oriented
- User roles
- User tasks
- Web mapping apps
- forest-based supply chain
- digital forest
- media disruptions
- user roles
- user tasks
- map dashboard
- web mapping apps
- task-oriented
- field study
- procurement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computers in Earth Sciences
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)