Logistics unchained by IT

IT changes everything, it seems. Jason Mallon, managing director of supply chain management company Cold Move, said that the business has been revolutionised in exactly the same way as every other sphere of life.

“It’s amazing how everything can turn on its head every five years thanks to IT,” he said.

In the case of supply chain management, the IT revolution has been in track-and-trace, which may sound simple, but has major implications ...