Smart ports: seven practical challenges for port authorities and terminal operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Marseille Fos port in southern France is leading the new French Smart Port in Med initiative, with an ambition to “build the port of the future”. It has a …
Smart port perspectives | Marseille: 5G, blockchain, and a digital map for tight ships
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of …
UK water utility connects to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network to stop leakages
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSouth East Water is connecting digital water meters, sensors and acoustic loggers on underground mains water pipes to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network in the UK. The arrangement is part of a …
Money, money, money etc – five benefits of smart factories and industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn the end, it comes down to customer satisfaction – which, in the end, comes down to money. However you spin it, smarter industrial operations make better products, more efficiently, …
Traxens gets Maersk investment, 150,000 order for trackers, role in port project
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens is poised to receive major investment from shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, alongside a big order for cellular cargo trackers. It has also been drafted into the …
Supply chain modernization underlies effective digital strategy
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi sees traditional supply chain management as a road block to disruption The broad Industry 4.0 conversation focuses on how the internet of things and data analytics can add value …
Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | The challenge of electric vehicles, load balancing and condition monitoring
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this article is serialised from a broad-ranging report on the statre of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post, entitled ‘Why the home is the heart …
Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | Why the home is the heart of the new energy internet
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSmart meters have provided a read-out on energy consumption and a window on energy usage. They have brought insight and control to the field of energy management, both sides of …
Brussels offers SMEs €1m to test industrial IoT, make Europe leader in Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European Commission is offering manufacturing companies funding of €60,000 each to run collaborative smart manufacturing experiments at neutral hub sites, with a total funding pot stretching to almost €1 …
Private networks, indoor positioning and analytics – Nokia’s recipe for industrial change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor Nokia there are three critical technologies for enabling digital transformation of the supply chain, and all of the points along it, including the production, transportation, and storage of goods. …
