As news around the successful clinical trials of frontrunner candidates for the Covid-19 vaccines brought something positive to look forward to, conversations are now turning towards the manufacturing, distribution and delivery of the vaccines. The scale of the task that … Read More
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Why This May be the Opportune Moment for Brands to start Product Digitization
In the recent weeks, we’ve had some really interesting conversations with brands, consulting companies working on behalf of consumer goods companies, brands and manufacturers around their interest in implementing solutions which require some level of product digitization. These discussions have … Read More
Qliktag Platform Releases NFC Authentication & Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions Support Feature
NEWPORT BEACH, California, September 5, 2020 – Qliktag Software Inc. a leading software innovator in the IoT smart connected products segment has announced direct support for dynamic secure NFC tags for authentication and anti-counterfeit solutions. The company has released today version … Read More
What Good is all that Automation, Digital Transformation & Data if Consumers Don’t See it?
The more people I’ve heard from within various consumer product companies, the more impressed I am with just how far we’ve come with digital transformation, automation and the ability to generate data and use it to drive smarter businesses and … Read More
Why Digital Product Identity is Key to Recycling & Circular Economy Solutions
The drive towards recycling and developing circular economy solutions has been accelerated by consumer consciousness, sustainability awareness and also the wider digitalization and Industry 4.0 movement. There more conversations happening around textile recycling within the fashion and apparel industry, plastics … Read More
Qliktag Software Releases Latest SmartLabel® Version 2.2 for Platform Users
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 5, 2020 — Qliktag Software Inc. a leading software innovator has announced the release of the latest version 2.2 specification SmartLabel® as one of the key new features on the latest release of its Qliktag Platform. The Qliktag … Read More
Digital Identification & Tracking of Consumer Products and Assets the New Way
As the world has drastically shifted gears in a bid to tackle the Covid-19 crisis, a lot of what we’ve been reading is how rapidly so many people around the world are mobilizing in different ways together. There are groups … Read More
Why Product Serialization is a Key Step Towards Digital Transformation
Today most consumer products have barcodes or identifiers at an item SKU level, manufacturing batch level and pallet level which allow them to be identified and tracked through the supply chain. These are tied to an ERP system from the … Read More
Industry 4.0 Without Connected Smart Products & Smart Packaging is an Incomplete Picture
Industry 4.0 or the 4th industrial revolution is shaping rapidly in several core areas. The Smart Factory has taken off globally and combined with IoT and autonomous robots the shift in manufacturing is well under way. Supply chains have evolved … Read More
The Potential of SmartLabel® to Enable Trust in E-commerce & Online Purchases
The SmartLabel® initiative by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has made some progress since its inception in 2015. The SmartLabel® branding and scannable QR code can be instantly recognized on a number of grocery … Read More
Getting Connected Packaging & Digitalization of Products Right from the Get-go
A few weeks ago we attended the AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) World Congress in Amsterdam and one of the opening remarks made was: the technology for connected packaging has been available for some time now and it’s … Read More
Qliktag Software Partners With Siemens to Deliver MindSphere Applications for IoT Smart Products
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 09, 2019 Qliktag Software Inc., an innovator in software solutions, announced today that it has joined Siemens’ MindSphere Partner Program to enable consumer product companies to elevate their products to “Smart Products” during the manufacturing process. “Smart … Read More