The Machines Are Taking Over! Or Have They?

Supply chain gurus have always had their heads on a swivel when it comes to technological advancements. Of late, keeping up with these advancements has become a challenge- and with good reason.

- Ravikant Parvataneni

Not long ago, coffee-break gossip would spring up many discussions on how sci-fi technologies could swoop in and take the load off the manual labour, that the supply chain industry is so heavily dependent on. More often than not, such conversations were concluded and forgotten, for the ideas that came with them were tagged too outlandish and limited to the conversation itself.

Many of these ideas included the automation of stock management, or heavy calculations reduced to mobile features, or even seamless communication to facilitate orders and deliveries.

No more. Thanks to the technology of our time, these wishes are starting to come become a reality. Supply chain and logistics companies are now starting to implement technologies that are making everyone’s lives a lot easier. Heavy investments are being made by companies in India and around the world to ensure the best of technologies are implemented in a bid to improve the efficiency of the supply chain processes.

Let’s take a look at a few technologies that are impacting the supply chain world in a significant way.

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