Flexport CEO Resigns a Year After Joining Logistics Company

Re:Flexport CEO Resigns a Year After Joining Logistics Company by psunavy03 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:48PM (#37414538)

Honestly, I think if someone could get really really good at one niche aspect of the problem and not do it in some obscure stack that's hard to integrate with a bog-standard early-2000s-at-best tech stack, they'd be snapped up in a heartbeat by one of the major players still trying to migrate.

Because I can name at least two times that's happened. The big guys' main concern is being able to keep a unified view of who's shipping what, where, and to whom worldwide. They don't own planes, ships or trucks, so their rep rests on stuff delivered on time to the right place and always knowing where it is.

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Re:Flexport CEO Resigns a Year After Joining Logistics Company by hef19898 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:21AM (#37417346)

Two mistakes here in your thinking:

- The 2000s stack, honestly doesn't exist anymore. And where it does, it does so for reasons no start-up can work around. this is the field of specialist consultants.

- Doing only one thing really good is not enough anymore in that field. not even close. And the bar for good is already so much higher than seem to appreciate.

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