The main reason to remove control from the "boots on the ground" is to prevent errors. Not cost cutting.
The problem is not that the control is centralized, the problem is not enough security.
The problem is not that the control is centralized, the problem is not enough security.
HQ gets a time-based discount for electricity? Time for all the freezers to go into a deeper freeze. HQ gets a message from the Demand Response program asking for a curtailment? Time for the freezers to let the goods come closer to their safe higher temperatures.