EU Digital Product Passport – How to Get Started

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Internet of Products

The EU Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) have gathered considerable momentum in the first quarter of 2022 with ambitious goals to head towards carbon neutrality across the region by 2050. As part of this critical mission, the Sustainable Product Regulation was announced by the European Commission and has been followed up […]

Out of the Box Applications vs Platforms – How Do You Approach Product Digitalization?

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To begin with, let us clarify although Qliktag offers a platform for enabling consumer products and everyday things as IoT connected smart products, we still believe there is a value and a place for both platforms, as well as out of the box applications or solutions dedicated to a specific purpose. As an organization, we […]

Why This May be the Opportune Moment for Brands to start Product Digitization

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Connected Packaging, Internet of Products

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 revolved around using “connected product” technology to address counterfeiting issues, enabling authentication to build trust […]

Qliktag Platform Releases NFC Authentication & Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions Support Feature

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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 3.1.1 of the Qliktag Platform – a cloud based IoT connected smart products platform for […]

Digital Identification & Tracking of Consumer Products and Assets the New Way

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Connected Packaging

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 collaborating to research vaccines and get certain drugs to places they’re needed. There are groups […]

Why Product Serialization is a Key Step Towards Digital Transformation

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Connected Packaging

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 product manufacturers end, distributors systems separately and POS systems used by retailers and the visibility […]

Industry 4.0 Without Connected Smart Products & Smart Packaging is an Incomplete Picture

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Connected Packaging

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 tremendously and data is driving this new era. However, a number of manufacturers while plotting […]

Getting Connected Packaging & Digitalization of Products Right from the Get-go

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Connected Packaging

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 only more recently that brands have stopped watching from the sidelines and taking the plunge […]

Qliktag Software Partners With Siemens to Deliver MindSphere Applications for IoT Smart Products

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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 Products” promote trust, transparency and traceability, which are essential to compete in the new digital […]

Qliktag Featured in 50 Most Promising IoT Solution Providers 2019 by Leading Technology Magazine CIO Review

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Newport Beach, CA, March 26th 2019 – We are delighted to announce that QLIKTAG Software has been featured in the latest edition of CIO Review’s special on “50 Most Promising IoT Solution Providers – 2019”. CIO Review is a leading technology magazine for enterprises and solution providers that contribute to exciting developments in technology driven […]

How ‘Connected’ Consumer Products Could Help Reduce Food Waste in the Near Future

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Internet of Products, Retail Technology

Approximately 1.3 billion tonnes or one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption gets wasted every year, amounting to a loss of roughly $680 billion in industrialized countries. More than 40% of this waste and loss occurs at the retail and consumer level. There are a multitude of ways to tackle this […]

Reimagining Smart Cities with the Arrival of Smart Connected Consumer Products

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Internet of Products

Here is an infographic showing “How a Smart City of the future could function with the advent of Smart Connected Products.” We are fast moving towards a future where cities will feature hundreds and thousands of smart connected objects, talking to each other, exchanging and producing meaningful data and insights, basically reshaping the urban landscape […]