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III. Faster development times
The requirement for ever faster and
shorter response and customization
times is a consequence of the dyna-
mism in the logistics market. “Fast-
er, more flexible and more promptly
without any quality losses,” is the mot-
to which companies will follow more
and more closely in future. Therefore,
a further cornerstone of LFS.next is the
separation of the various functional ar-
eas and a more modular design. “This
strategy has enabled us to present more
agile and more customized results to
our customers,” says Sebastian Pohle.
This will ensure the fast exchange of
technology components bringing them
to a good and future-proof level. Any
technology changes required will thus
be even easier in future. “At the end of
the day this also reduces development
costs,” adds Jens Heinrich.
IV. The future in sight
What are the logistics challenges of
tomorrow? “We are preparing for the
future. And we are also preparing LFS
for the future,” says Jens Heinrich.
“This also includes questioning the
usual processes. We did this with the
LFS.next project – and the first results
are persuasive.” As a result of the sepa-
ration of the functional areas, the mod-
ularization and the disentanglement of
technological dependencies, software
system updates can always now be per-
formed immediately, without the user
even being aware of them and without
the whole system being affected – in a
similar way to well-known applications
on a smartphone. “This increases the
attractiveness of LFS considerably, as
here we are addressing the emotional
needs of the employees,” adds Sebas-
tian Pohle.
The three strategists are certain that
“LFS.next is guiding us along a fu-
ture-proof path and preparing us for
all the requirements of connected lo-
gistics. This also means that our cus-
tomers can place their trust in a system
that will keep pace with the increasing
challenges of the future.”
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