Big-name retailers like Amazon and Walmart have set the precedent for next-day and same-day delivery services. In order to accommodate this new e-commerce standard, companies are recognizing the need for Micro-Fulfillment Centers (MFCs). MFCs enable retailers to fulfill customer online orders in a quick fashion and shorten the last mile. This allows retailers to stay competitive and provide cost-effective omnichannel offerings.
After years of prototyping and concept exploration, autonomous vehicle applications are closer to being ready for the real world on a global scale. While car manufacturers have historically juggled multiple partners simultaneously, this approach has proven unfeasible for the shift to deploying self-driving cars. As you will read in this blog post, the top autonomous vehicle companies are consolidating their driverless applications to create value in an ever-growing market.
Payment technologies are one of the most important things banks and financial services can pay attention to. These technologies are how customers make their transactions and bridge the consumer-brand bond. But it’s crucial to understand how consumer preferences evolve and how various market dynamics influence demand for physical and digital payment technologies. In this article, I’ll walk you through the following:
A groundbreaking development is at the intersection of audio and technology that promises to shape the industry in profound ways. Enter Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio, a game-changing advancement set to redefine the audio landscape. Beyond its notable enhancements in power consumption, latency, and audio quality, LE Audio brings a new era of standardization, enabling market categories like true-wireless headsets and hearables to flourish. It also presents an opportunity for Bluetooth wireless Integrated Circuit (IC) vendors to capitalize on this expanding market segment.
Fiber optics are the apex of data transmission technologies. Using a flexible, transparent optical fiber constructed from silica, fiber optic cables leverage photons to pass network information at around 2/3 the speed of light. Being the fastest and most vigorous backhaul networking solution, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have made fiber optics a mainstay for supporting 5G deployments in the face of increasing networking needs of consumers and enterprise use cases. In this article, you’ll read about four high-bandwidth applications that would greatly benefit from fiber optics.
A smooth-sailing railroad industry is integral to a prosperous economy—responsible for transporting goods and people. If, for example, America’s freight railroads were to shut down for one day, the economic loss would be, at the minimum, US$2 billion. Given these factors, a cyberattack and subsequent train shutdown on a railway operator’s network could be devastating. To meet these increasingly common threats, transportation cybersecurity vendors are key.
In the pharmaceutical supply chain, the margin for error is razor-thin. If there’s a disruption to the delivery of critical drug products or medications, patients' lives, overall health, and well-being could be at stake. Unfortunately, operational vulnerabilities arise as the pharma industry grows tremendously and becomes more globalized. This article highlights five pharmaceutical supply chain challenges that could be remediated with Internet of Things (IoT) track and trace technologies.
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