I worked at a major third party logistics company from 2012-2015 and they were less than halfway through a massive project to rewrite their COBOL mainframe systems in Java, and I doubt they're anywhere near being done yet.
The industry also runs on FTP transfers of flatfiles and ANSI X12 EDI messages. The most "modern" partner API I saw was SOAP. No one I talked to had even heard of REST.
Meanwhile, on multiple occasions I heard senior managers express terror at the prospect of Amazon entering their market and competing with them. Rightfully so, given the size of Amazon's resources. Making money off a logistics network is an economy of scale game.
The industry also runs on FTP transfers of flatfiles and ANSI X12 EDI messages. The most "modern" partner API I saw was SOAP. No one I talked to had even heard of REST.
Meanwhile, on multiple occasions I heard senior managers express terror at the prospect of Amazon entering their market and competing with them. Rightfully so, given the size of Amazon's resources. Making money off a logistics network is an economy of scale game.