| | MAY 20178CIOReviewBy Rishi Sareen, Vice President, Ecom Express Private Limitedhe logistics industry rides on mobil-ity. Each day, the industry sees a massive movement of people and packages from one place to another. An efficient logistics structure stresses on a competent admin-istration of packages. For an industry on a continuous move, mobility solutions through applica-tions and devices come across as a predictable choice as it has the prospective to play a powerful role in ensur-ing precise data collection with constant and real-time information flow. Moreover, the shift towards a mobility structure marks the complete logistics and fleet adminis-tration systems to be faster and reliable. In other words, the influence of mobility solutions on the conventional logistics generates the best output.With mobility making rapid inroads into the logistics industry, the traditional landscape of manual processes are getting replaced with automation impacting stand-ardized processes and workflows. Mobility can work wonders in every facet of the logistics industry - be it car-go, freight transportation, logistics services and freight documentation.In fact, automating key processes such as sales and customer service functions, addressing capacity plan-ning and archaic logistical workflows can go a long way in improving greater level of visibility, enabling quick decision making, better margins and higher productiv-ity. Precisely stated, mobility is becoming the new face of customer experience and engagement, transform-ing the traditional landscape of the transportation and logistics industry.On-Ground MonitoringSeamless communication is essential for optimized pro-ductivity in the logistics sector. Even an existing effec-tive process requires latest solutions to remain current in the market. There is unceasing development in every sector and logistics is no different. Fortunately, there is a spectra of smart applications and solutions to enhance processes. With the field executives armed with smart-TIN MY OPINIONRole of Mobility Solutions in the Logistics Industry
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