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> Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.
by Sniffnoy 15y ago
> Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.
Wait... others don't?
> Likewise for FedEx, which is best thought of as a software network that happens to have trucks, planes and distribution hubs attached.
Again... do their competitors really not? How can they get anything done?
- muzz 15y agoHe uses many examples to illustrate (belabor?) the simple point that businesses leverage technology for productivity gains. This has always been true. 25 years ago i.e. a quarter century similar points could have been made-- writers/authors/journalists are now using word processors instead of typewriters, accountants are now using spreadsheets instead of written ledgers, grocery stores now have automated UPC scanners instead of relying on cashiers to read price stickers, etc.