El sector logístico enfrenta la tarea de adaptarse a los nuevos modelos de ciudades, donde la “última milla” se ha convertido en un desafío fundamental. La última milla requiere soluciones creativas para minimizar el impacto ambiental, mejorar la eficiencia y satisfacer las crecientes demandas de...
https://logistica360.pe/sostenibilidad-e-igualdad-pilares-de-transformacion-del-sector-logistico/
The Internet of Things –– essentially a system of interconnected tracking and sensing devices that provides data on goods moving through the supply chain –– has been built around places and spaces, using cameras and wall-mounted sensors.
Simply put, it’s too costly for most companies to attach sensors to the millions of goods flowing through their supply chains, meaning only high-value objects, like your refrigerator, typically get tagged.
Today’s IoT is an Internet of Expensive Things, but...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wiliot-version-20-amplifies-iot-companys-sensor-technology
This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) enable sustainability efforts.
DETAILS: Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, is joined by Daniel MacGregor to discuss the value of data-driven decision-making in supply chains. They examine how integrating hardware and software solutions can improve transparency, minimize risk and reduce both waste and emissions in freight...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-big-data-iot-enable-sustainability-efforts
TechBinder improves human-machine interaction by using new technologies, like IoT, and combining them. CEO Bram van den Boom: ‘Managing ships is still very much based on experience and intuition.
However, systems on board ships are becoming increasingly complex and intelligent. In the process industry, remote control rooms and data systems support all operations. We see that the installations are very similar to those of a vessel, so there is a lot to learn.’
Shipyards and shipping companies are...
Samsara, a developer of the connected operations cloud, raised $805 million in its initial public offering Wednesday after pricing shares at $23 each, the top of the proposed range.
Shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IOT. The company’s valuation is around $11.5 billion.
Underwriters have the option to buy an additional 5.25 million shares, equaling $120.75 million in gross value.
San Francisco-based Samsara provides a connected cloud to modernize physical...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/inqa-samsara-journies-from-the-cloud-to-the-street
Wärtsilä Voyage has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Wärtsilä Voyage is a market leader in maritime end-to-end onboard solutions with decades of experience and expertise in high-end marine Internet of Things (IoT) offerings. Now, through an integration with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, the company plans to accelerate its efforts towards industrialising IoT for shipping through a highly scalable cyber-secure platform.
The Wärtsilä platform will help the company and its partners...
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has extended its Fleet Xpress service agreement with Maersk Supply Service to include fleet-wide IoT-based ship management connectivity on separate, dedicated bandwidths. The extension has also enabled Maersk Supply Service to evaluate new vessel performance tools for selection, available through Inmarsat’s Certified Application Provider (CAP) programme.
Operating off Europe, the Americas, West Africa, Southeast Asia and...
Alongside persistent challenges like labor shortages, high fuel costs and surging insurance premiums, the transportation industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation in how information is collected, analyzed and used.
In order to compete in today’s increasingly competitive marketplace, fleets have to survive on thin profit margins. Fleet automation has arrived just in time to help fleets make the most of every dollar, optimizing operations, organizational structures and big-picture...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fleet-automation-the-next-generation-of-fleet-management
Samsara announced Monday it has been awarded a single-source, multiyear contract to supply its connected operations platform to the state of Tennessee and participating government agency fleets.
Samsara’s technology — including vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring and driver safety — will be available to all state, municipal and county fleets serving Tennessee’s population of nearly 7 million people.
“In the world of government services, the efficient use of assets and resources is a top...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/samsara-named-telematics-provider-for-state-of-tennessee
Reports show typical savings around 5%, and in some cases up to 10% fuel savings could be achieved simply by giving the bridge team real-time fuel consumption data, says Jacob Grieg Eide, Chief Business Officer of ScanReach. The Norwegian company has developed the world´s first wireless IoT platform that provides needed onboard wireless connectivity (OWC) onboard ships.
Its latest application for the technology, called ConnectFuel, has already successfully been fitted on ships where it links...