Every year that goes by more & more third party logistics providers begin to upgrade their inventory management/logistics software packages which if implemented properly will be nothing but a positive thing for the industry.
Because of the dot com crash of the 2000’s and the general conservative nature of the 3PL industry a lot of providers have been very skeptical of new technologies, and while they have acknowledged their existence and took note, few providers actually upgraded their existing offerings and took the plunge with the multi-million dollar expenditures required.
Enter SaaS (software as a service). By leveraging web based software, 3PLs are finally able implement scalable solutions that fit within their business models, rather than the sometimes cost prohibitive software solutions of the past. Better yet, it has never been easier to test out and experiment with different software solutions before getting fully immersed with a particular provider.
Logistics Software solutions have never been more flexible to the needs of supply chains, and 3PLs in the mid-market are in a position to leverage these technologies for the benefit of their clients.
Now the next question is will RFID ever take off as it has been proposed.