The entire global supply chain is evolving rapidly with regards to technology. Gartner forecasts that over 20.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide by 2020. Moreover, Gartner further predicts that more than half of major new business processes will incorporate some element of IoT. Supply chain ecosystems are one of the biggest beneficiaries […]
Contemporary fashion is undergoing a transformation. We are increasingly witnessing all industry sectors shift towards the digital. And fashion is no stranger to technology. Counterfeiting has become a global menace. We have already discussed how IoT is helping companies like HP fight counterfeiting. But the fashion industry is trickier. Counterfeiting and fake products manufacturing are […]
According to the statistics by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1/3rd of the total food produced for human consumption goes to waste. This accounts for more than 1.5 billion tonnes of food going to waste in the world today which is a staggering number! As per the Economic Research Survey (ERS), United States Department […]
Every day, more and more devices are being connected to the Internet. According to Statista, the global internet of things market is projected to be valued at more than 1.7 trillion US dollars by 2019, with the global connected devices forecast to reach 20.35 billion the same year. Moreover, Navigant Research projects the global smart […]
While the world is still getting accustomed to spotting wearable devices on fellow humans, IoT enabled applications have ushered in a new era of the Internet of Products. The Internet of Things is commonly associated with smart home control devices, wearables like the FitBit, vehicles and other device equipped objects that connect to the internet […]
Barilla’s Field to Fork Model can be identified as a noteworthy use case on the Internet of Products. Founded in 1877, Barilla is an Italian food company which produces a variety of pasta and sauce. Barilla has made a huge impact through its traceability efforts and consumer transparency initiatives. The company uses an internet of […]
There is a lot of buzz around the Internet of Things these days. For those who are not familiar with “Internet of Things”, it is essentially a system of interconnected devices (things) with unique identifiers that can communicate with each other over the internet. However, when most people refer to the Internet of Things, the […]
Smartphones today have evolved to be an important part of our daily lives more than ever before and it’s been more than a decade that consumers are engaged in e-commerce. With these smartphones, today consumers are completely going digital and are more in control of information related to their consumption and purchases. To be able […]
Not too long ago, the team at Qliktag Software rolled out an e-commerce feature or a “Buy Now” button for the Q*Engine mobile engagement and mobile marketing platform. Essentially it enables a customer to pick up a product in a store, scan it with their smartphone, learn more about the product and if they choose […]
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In the world which is eventually moving towards “Internet of things”, “Things” is the physical world that has layers of information which is transmitted to the digital world. The “Things” in Internet of Things can be anything from a person with heart monitor implant or an automobile with build in sensors to alert the driver […]