Why has iPhone been so successful?
As we are taking supply chain class you will say it’s because of that. I agree
Supply Chain played a huge factor but the simplicity or the ease of use was the
biggest factor for its success. Similarly the supply chain of the future is
going to dismantle today’s monolithic supply chain model and will use
manufacturing networks to hedge uncertainty. In order to attain the desired
simplicity 4 key trends and technologies mentioned below will and have been
playing a key factor.
Speech Recognition
Hands free data entry using
speech recognition is going to be the big thing very soon. This will help in
reducing the need for users to manually type data (that causes errors many
times) or even look at computer screen. Besides that there are softwares
available in market that can integrate speech recognition easily with numerous
legacy as well as ERP systems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5BfCnNlPI
RTLS (Real time location systems)
In RLTS your wireless LAN can be leveraged
and used as an asset tracking system. All the forklifts are connected with
radio and any device connected to the given wireless LAN can be tracked. First
mover in this market has been Cisco’s Wireless Location Appliance.
GPS based communication
Connectivity convergence
continues with the integration of GPS communication into mobile computers. There
are various advantages of GPS such as various people can track the stuff at the
same time without the need of multiple integrations. Thus GPS can help scale
economies significantly if used properly.
Digital Imaging
Everything is on the GO right now
and with the development of enterprise mobile computing equipment and
applications. Transportation and distribution companies are using digital
cameras integrated with mobile computers so their capture proof of delivery,
shipment labelling and 2D bar codes etc.
Some of the other key trends and technologies
that can further be explored are RFID, portable printing, wireless and device
security, remote management and 2D bar code.
It not very easy to get out of
the current monolithic supply chain model for any large organization and use
the key trends and technologies discussed above. Nonetheless, the rewards are worthwhile
and the companies will gain significant advantage in the coming years.
References:
http://www.youtube.com/
(reference videos)
https://www.wikipedia.org/ (reference
definitions)
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