Author: Connected World

Food wholesalers and distributors often still use manual, inefficient, and time-consuming methods to take customer orders. Think phone, text, and email. The process of converting this to an ERP (enterprise-resource planning) system is challenging to say the least. Enter AI (artificial intelligence), which can help food wholesalers and distributors receive incoming orders from their customers. As one example, AI Orders—an automated order processing module—will be added as part of GrubAssist, which is a suite of enterprise AI assistants to give insights, analysis, and workflows to food supply chain businesses. AI Orders monitors multiple channel sources and can help convert emails,…

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Cities need a more modern way to enable better parking. Naturally, there are new solutions coming to market for mobile payments, digital permitting, parking and curb management, and more for city planners. Consider an example from the end of last month. The NCAA Men’s College World Series was held June 14 until June 24. The city of Omaha partnered with Passport for parking, enforcement, and compliance. Here is how this can help: Residents and visitors have an easier time parking. Cities have access to insights to improve parking. Effectively manage parking, make informed decisions, and maintain compliance. Passport’s ParkOmaha, which…

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