He says : “ Although computing has changed a lot since the 1980s the core thing is still data flow . Where was the data created ? Where is it stored ? Who needs to use it ? What ' s it for ? Being a programmer means you want to be very effective in the way you move data from one place to another .
“ Think back to the days of dial-up modems , where everyone minimised the amount of data transmitted - because if you didn ’ t then the whole thing just hung .
“ With the huge data capabilities of 5G I think people can get lazy , and end up throwing tons of information around just because they can . The trouble is , when you scale this approach up to enterprise level you soon end up with 50 million data points that flood the network , making it inefficient . Then you end up chucking more technology at the problem , where what you really need to do is come back to the fundamentals .”
Turning to the challenges of the mid-term future , Hancock says the big problems for supply chain will be around staffing .
He says : “ We ’ ve all read about the mass exodus from certain sectors , such as haulage , for instance . People don ' t want to work where they did before . Shop floors ,
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