Comments on: Can Logistics and IT Eat Lunch Together? http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/07/20/can-logistics-and-it-eat-lunch-together/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gary_WDX http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/07/20/can-logistics-and-it-eat-lunch-together/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Gary_WDX Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:02:06 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1393#comment-65 Many IT organizations are resistant to the effort involved in evaluating and introducing new best-of-breed solutions, so they are quick to evoke FUD of information silos, whether real or imagined. But many best-of-breed solutions are adept at playing well with others, and the irony is that the real silos are not created by applications, but by human organization. IT should not silo itself from the rest of the organization, the liver, the lungs, and the heart must work as a team. Many IT organizations are resistant to the effort involved in evaluating and introducing new best-of-breed solutions, so they are quick to evoke FUD of information silos, whether real or imagined. But many best-of-breed solutions are adept at playing well with others, and the irony is that the real silos are not created by applications, but by human organization.

IT should not silo itself from the rest of the organization, the liver, the lungs, and the heart must work as a team.

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