JULY 20198INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - SHAPING UP NEW-AGE LOGISTICSManish has extended experience in the logistics sector and wants to bring about a change in the present condition of long distance supply chain managementBy Manish Datta, Founder, MakingMoveManish Dattahe Logistics industry has seen a massive leap in the recent years with the advent of Information Technology that has up-turned the transportation trends for good. The technology formats have been deeply impacted by the new age consumption patterns, sharp increase in demand, global trade pacts, and more importantly the Dot com age of conducting business. The sheer boom in e-Commerce has redefined the movements of `Last Mile 'connec-tivity together with the `First Mile' facilities visi-bly enabling these traits for a revamp to support quicker deliveries to consumers. Transport trend analysts, logistics experts and the new age Dot com enterprises are constantly putting efforts to draw new technologies to the business in order to accord the Wow factor to consumers belong-ing to various spheres from businesses to homes. Logistics technology companies like Mak-ingMove.com are now focusing on minimiz-ing the wastage and maximizing the asset utilization through SaaS oriented platform for transporters to make sure they can sys-tematize several emerging practices of cur-rent transportation trends utilizing technolo-gy. To gain a discernible competitive edge over their competition, most logistics companies are now trying to get their hands on the new-er technologies, and that is what is shaping up the new practices in Logistics industry. Let us see how? Internet on Computing Devices Internet of Things is radically changing the way the transportation operations and warehouse management behave. IoT can further integrate these operations' data to device sensors used in the vehicles that enable containers to get real time sharable data. This data can also be plugged into the Mobile App offerings by the tech companies for real-time availability of commercial trans-actions and consignment track-ing using Beacon technology. This is a jump to a more mature approach from the tra-ditional way of supervising and booking orders. This is the most alluring feature that can be utilized by businesses to easily monitor their operations, allowing them efficiency towards their cost and service quality. To present a specific example, retailers will be able to easily monitor the excellence of the product with respect to availability,IN MY OPINIONT
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