For software engineers and systems architects working in industrial IoT, logistics, or enterprise resource planning (ERP), asset management often sounds like a straightforward CRUD application. You assign an ID, write a record to a database, and update the status when a scanner pings it. In reality, modern supply chains operate across high-latency cellular dead zones, massive distribution yards, and strict cold-chain compliance corridors. Relying solely on legacy barcodes or single-protocol G...