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provide updates and alerts as certain supplies run low . This kind of utilisation would involve integration with the drones to be able to get those kinds of demand signals before carrying out the ordering processes .
Govil also believes there is great potential in the usage of drones for monitoring the health of oil and gas pipelines or railroad tracks – being able to understand when parts are going to fail and assessing that before ordering the required component from the procurement system . She also wonders how the usage of drones for delivery could potentially overlap into companies ’ cost benefit analyses when choosing suppliers . Could a fullscale integration see even more of these processes , even when it comes to ascertaining where there is value to be had ?
Overall , there are a lot of questions – some which cannot be answered until the technology develops further . Does Govil feel that this uncertainty could be partly to blame for the technology not being more widely embraced within the industry ?
“ There needs to be the ROI to
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