From Systems of Record to a Logistics Control Layer

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ByJim Frazer
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The emerging logistics control layer should not be understood as one more application category. Its strategic role is to coordinate operating state, decisions, authority, and action across systems of record that were built to optimize different execution domains. That makes the shift architectural rather than cosmetic: ERP, TMS, WMS, YMS, OMS, visibility, and automation remain important, but the enterprise increasingly needs a layer that can connect what those systems know to what the logistics network should do next.

Most large logistics operations do not suffer from a shortage of software. They suffer from fragmentation of decision-making across software.

A TMS knows transportation. A WMS knows warehouse work. A YMS knows the yard. An OMS knows orders. Visibility platforms know events in motion. Automation systems know equipment state. ERP provides the transactional backbone.

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