Reducing IT firefighting: Fewer failed updates, less manual cleanup

This article explains why mid-market IT teams often end up in a reactive "firefighting" cycle when managing macOS deployments using traditional command-based MDM, outlining common failure modes, hidden costs (time, risk, morale), and advocating for Declarative Device Management (DDM) as a state-based alternative that enables on-device enforcement, automatic retries, and proactive status reporting to reduce post-deployment remediation.