From Systems of Record to a Logistics Control Layer

The emerging logistics control layer should not be understood as one more application category. Its strategic role is to coordinate operating state, decisions, authority, and action across systems of record that were built to optimize different execution domains. That makes the shift architectural rather than cosmetic: ERP, TMS, WMS, YMS, OMS, visibility, and automation remain important, but the enterprise increasingly needs a layer that can connect what those systems know to what the logistics