Author: Connected World
Manufacturing companies are creating new logistics sites to be the central hub for spare parts—which will be a key component to the international flow of goods. This will create a fast and comprehensive supply of parts for customers. As one example, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler Truck, has set up a central logistics hub for the global supply of spare parts in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. About 2,600 Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ suppliers will provide the logistics hub with their parts in the future. The new logistics hub will deliver up to 300,000 different items—from the smallest screw to a finished truck cab—to almost 3,000 vehicle…
Gartner predicts half of sales leadership roles will be filled by historically underrepresented groups within five years.
Beecham Research says 45% of IoT deployments now have more than 500 connections.
Berg Insight says 31% of all IoT SIMs were managed with third-party IoT CMPs at the end of 2021.
Juniper Research says eSIM market to be worth more than $4 billion globally in 2023.
The IoT (Internet of Things) space was growing before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, and it’s growing now in its aftermath, but that’s not to say the global pandemic didn’t impact the IoT. Quite the opposite; COVID impacted the IoT’s trajectory in ways the sector is still uncovering. For instance, some priorities have shifted because of the pandemic, and some gaps have been revealed. And while it seemed like the IoT was growing by leaps and bounds before everything went down in 2020, there now appears to be even more use cases and applications for the IoT than…
IDC says annual spending on digital transformation across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa to top $74 billion by 2026.
Gartner forecasts worldwide low-code development technologies market to grow 20% in 2023.
Battery companies are at the forefront of innovation, as commercial vehicle electrification technology surges. Thus, we are seeing the rise of electrification and battery manufacturing plants all across the country. As one example, Proterra has announced the company has produced its Proterra Powered EV (electric vehicle) battery at its new plant in South Carolina. Where this gets really innovative as the company has achieved end-to-end production for electric medium-duty and heavy-duty electric vehicles and equipment. Here is how this can help in manufacturing: Create new jobs with roles in engineering, production, quality, and design. Bring state-of-the-art production closer to home.…
Forrester says public cloud is poised to surpass $1 trillion by 2026—but not without enduring several global challenges.