Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

IoT Tech Is Gaining Ground in Retail Worldwide, Study Shows

April 28, 2017

A study conducted worldwide by Zebra Technologies Brazil and released in São Paulo indicates that 70 percent of retailers plan to invest in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to improve the customer experience. By 2021, the study indicates, smart technologies will provide consumers with new levels of customization, speed and convenience.

Companies Undergoing Digitization Need Protection Against Cyber Attacks

April 27, 2017

Russell Goodman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

Blockchain Used to Power Brooklyn Microgrid for Solar Energy Re-Sale

April 27, 2017

CIO

Residents of the Park Slope area of Brooklyn are now able to sell power generated from rooftop solar panels via a microgrid enabled by a blockchain ledger that records every transaction made with a local utility.

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Disruptive Influences: 20 Tech Companies to Watch

April 27, 2017

CFO

In areas from cyber defense to tax compliance to database management, these 20 companies are changing how businesses operate.

Opinion: Big Data and an Outside-in View of Your Supply Chain

April 27, 2017

Steve Banker, service dir of sc mgmt at ARC Advisory Group, Forbes Contributor

Enterprise applications have data and generate content, but it is largely internally generated content. It is content that is generated from transactions occurring inside the four walls of the enterprise. But in the supply chain world we need an end to end view of the supply chain that includes content external to the enterprise. New Content as a Service offerings can help provide this perspective.

Robotics Are Source of Advantage - or Disruption, Survey Finds

April 26, 2017

Supply Management

Eight in 10 supply chain and manufacturing executives believe digital supply chains will predominate in the future while 16 percent believe they already do, according to a survey.

IoT Sensor Solution Identifies Equipment Failures Before They Happen

April 25, 2017

RFID Journal

Field service technology company Servicemax has partnered with software and services firm PTC to offer an Internet of Things system using radio frequency identification, satellite, long-range low-power (LoRa) RF or Wi-Fi technology to report when a piece of equipment starts to malfunction - even, in some cases, before a user notices the problem.

Opinion: Europe's Emerging IoT Scene and Six Startups to Watch

April 21, 2017

Alison Coleman, Forbes Contributor

The IoT revolution is gathering pace, impacting people's lives and the way they interact with the everyday 'things' around them. According to Cisco's 11th annual Visual Networking Index: Global IP Traffic Forecast Update, the number of connected devices will have grown nearly 2.5-fold, from 4.9 billion in 2015 to 12.2 billion by 2020, when global IoT spending is predicted to have reached $1.29tr, as outlined in a new IDC Internet of Things Spending Guide.

Equipment Provider Keeps Processes on Pace With Accelerating Growth

April 19, 2017

Challenge: As a quickly growing business, one of the world's largest infrastructure and irrigation equipment providers realized its existing approach to managing freight invoices wasn't keeping up. An entirely manual process – from tearing envelopes to rubber stamping G/L codes – the company was not only wasting valuable time and resources, but encountering costly errors.

Bosch, Inmarsat Back Startup That Links Canals to the Internet

April 19, 2017

Bloomberg

Actility, the European startup battling with rival Sigfox to connect things from fuel tanks to Amsterdam's canals to the internet, has raised $75m from investors in a bid to win business in the industrial sector.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.