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You may be anxious to restore an unruly logistics operation to order with bits and bytes. But there are some good reasons to take a little time out first to figure out what you really need.
You might think it's the glitzy new technologies that cause kinks in the supply chain, but more often than not, it's the older, established technologies that turn out to be the weak link.
Sophisticated technology makes it possible to track a product's exact whereabouts through the entire supply process and beyond. But the story it reveals might be more than you want to or ought to know.
Data bits swirl through the air in DCs across the country, moving vital information without a cable or cord in sight. So why have companies been so slow to take wireless on the road?
Sure you have plenty of brainpower. But when it comes to complex logistics or warehousing decisions, an intelligent software "agent" may be able to make the call better, faster or more cost effectively than you can.