3 Ways Mobile Supply Chain Solutions Make A Difference

Try to remember the days before ubiquitous smart mobile devices. They seem like prehistoric times now, but it was less than 10 years ago.

Back then, you probably had to go to the office or home to send an email. If you wanted to carry a phone, a map, a video game player, a portable music player, a flashlight, a book, a camera and a video recorder, you had to carry them separately. And, you needed a suitcase.

If you were a mobile enterprise, you were flying blind after your fleet left the warehouse. You had no visibility over your mobile inventory, no control over hard assets and no ability to track people or deliveries. You couldn’t optimize your service routes. Drivers navigated with assistance from a two-pound book of that might – or might not – be up to date.

As for customers, well, they were in the dark, too. Service windows were four hours long, and companies had no way of responding quickly to changes in customer service and delivery requirements.