SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS: SUPPLY CHAINS NEED TO BE READY FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS

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If you've been a bit confused lately about what exactly the Internet of Things refers to and why you should care about it, take solace in knowing that you're hardly alone. In fact, nearly half (43%) of the manufacturing executives polled recently by LNS Research said they either don't understand or don't know anything about the IoT. What's more, only 10% say they've started to invest in IoT technologies (6% say they see value to their operations, and 4% say their investments are being prompted by customer demand).