The Broken Promise
Logistics software promised efficiency. It delivered complexity.
The industry was told that more software would solve everything. Invest in a TMS. Add a WMS. Connect to carrier portals. Implement tracking systems. Layer on visibility platforms. The promise was seductive: digitize your operations and watch productivity soar.
Instead, we got dozens of systems that don't talk to each other. More screens, more tabs, more manual work. The average logistics operation now juggles 8-12 different platforms, each with its own login, its own logic, its own version of the truth. Data lives in silos. Updates require copy-paste marathons. "Integration" means expensive consultants and months of implementation.
We didn't eliminate chaos. We digitized it. We gave it a user interface and called it progress.