{"id":8071,"date":"2018-02-13T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8071"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T18:27:07","slug":"logistics-every-company-is-a-software-company-and-many-are-logistics-companies-now-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/logistics-every-company-is-a-software-company-and-many-are-logistics-companies-now-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistics: Every Company is a Software Company — and Many are Logistics Companies Now Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every business may now be a software company<\/a>.\u00a0 But many businesses now are becoming logistics companies too. Logistics has become a a key capability for many large businesses, and some businesses, like Amazon, are bringing their logistic capabilities fully in-house.<\/p>\n

Tim Worstall<\/a>, Fellow a the Adam Smith Institute in London, wrote in a piece for Forbes<\/a> that “at the economic heart of each of these three of businesses, WalMart, Amazon and Inditex, they’re really, what gives them their competitive and absolute advantages, logistics companies.<\/p>\n

Amazon is leading the way in developing a highly efficient logistics network.\u00a0\u00a0Jeff Bezos<\/a> wrote in a letter<\/a> to his employees that “what this makes clear is that Amazon is less a retailer and more a logistics organization dedicated to moving physical goods and digital bits in as many ways and as efficiently as possible.”<\/p>\n

Amazon’s competitors are worried, for example, Home Depot considered acquiring XPO<\/a>, a $9 billion logistics company.<\/p>\n

Apple also recognized early on the importance of logistics.\u00a0 Steve Jobs knew this when he picked Tim Cook to be his successor. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was considered a logistics genius before being elevated to his position as CEO.\u00a0Steve Musil<\/a>, writer and editor at CNET, said that<\/a> “Cook is credited with completely restructuring Apple’s manufacturing operations, insisting that Apple shut down its overseas factories and farm out the work to third-party manufacturers. As a result, the company reduced inventory and improved margins on its entire product lineup.”<\/p>\n

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Every business may now be a software company.\u00a0 But many businesses now are becoming logistics companies too. Logistics has become a a key capability for many large businesses, and some businesses, like Amazon, are bringing their logistic capabilities fully in-house.…<\/span><\/p>\n

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