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Guidance for Downstream Logistics Optimization on AWS

Overview

This Guidance helps oil and gas facility operators deploy AWS services and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner applications to optimize asset tracking, fleet management, driving directions, and other location-centric business processes. You can increase efficiency and mitigate supply chain risks of feed, products, and intermediates through waterborne cargoes, pipelines, railcars, and trucks. This Guidance aims to improve logistics operational agility, lower operating expenses, and reduce field risk. 

How it works

This architecture diagram uses an industrial data lake and location-based data to increase asset utilization.

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Well-Architected Pillars

The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.

Lambda application code emits information about logic and outcomes directly into Amazon CloudWatch. Logs and insights from CloudWatch use the instrumented logic to create operational dashboards for monitoring and alerts.

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All services in this Guidance, including Amazon S3, Timestream, and Amazon Aurora, have server-side encryption using encryption keys stored in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

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This Guidance is event-driven, providing a modular, microservices approach for AWS services, including Amazon Location. Data processing pathways are loosely coupled, and you can remove these pathways or replace them with ISV AWS Partner software with minimal impact on the overall architecture.

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Amazon Location provides fleet tracking, optimized routing, and geofencing capabilities that are crucial for logistics-dependent business processes. If asset locations are better aligned with AWS IoT Core, you can instead send the data as MQTT messages, providing different configurations to match business and technical requirements.

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Lambda participates in Compute Savings Plans, which allows 1- or 3-year terms of discounted rates for the amount of Lambda usage.

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Amazon S3 Lifecycle configuration supports transfers of data objects to a more sustainable storage class tier based on pre-defined rules.

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