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Internet of Things in Aerospace and Aviation: Transformative Impact

Internet of Things in Aerospace and Aviation: Transformative Impact

IoT is a new technology that many sectors have adopted as a component of their digital transformation strategy. IoT technologies provide data sensing, tracking, monitoring, and capturing capabilities that enable real-time visibility into operational activities and...

How IoT and Data Analytics Can Drive Digital Transformation

How IoT and Data Analytics Can Drive Digital Transformation

Advanced digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things and Data Analytics, will boost production, enhance efficiency, and open up new business opportunities, all of which are critical for economic recovery. For example, to improve corporate operations, massive...

Industrial IoT: The Trends to Watch in 2022

Industrial IoT: The Trends to Watch in 2022

By Michael Rivera, PhD The Industrial Internet of Things market continues to grow at an impressive pace. It was worth north of $77 billion in 2020 and is expected to post a CAGR of 7.4% to reach over $110 billion by 2025. The COVID19 pandemic has accelerated the shift...

Why do so many digital transformation initiatives fail?

Why do so many digital transformation initiatives fail?

By Michael Rivera, PhD As manufacturing firms, we have approached digital transformation initiatives with more tools, technology, and know-how than ever before. Innovations in technology and processes range from industrial IoT (IIoT) location tracking to AI-powered...

Overcome Inventory Management Challenges with IoT and Analytics

Overcome Inventory Management Challenges with IoT and Analytics

Inventory management challenges create friction in the supply chain, leading to unnecessary costs and wasted resources. A well-implemented IoT solution with AI-powered analytics can address many of those challenges, leading to improved efficiency and better...

Workplace Feedback: More Is Not Always Better

Workplace Feedback: More Is Not Always Better

When used correctly, workplace feedback is an effective driver of employee engagement, motivation, and development. The structure, content, and timing of feedback all play a role in how useful it is to an employee and to the organization. In an award-winning paper Is...

Using IoT & Feedback Technology to Support Sustainability Innovation

Using IoT & Feedback Technology to Support Sustainability Innovation

Across the globe, organizations endeavor to reduce the use of environmental pollutants through sustainability innovation. They face the complex task of reworking business models, re-training employees, renovating culture, maintaining productivity, and supporting...

Women in Technology

Women in Technology

Women comprise about half of the US workforce, but only 27-percent of workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. Research cites a number of factors contributing to this. To start, young women often have fewer female role models in STEM....

What is Cellular IoT: Applications in Supply Chain Management

What is Cellular IoT: Applications in Supply Chain Management

What is an IoT Network? An IoT network is a system of interconnected devices, sensors, and machines that communicate through the internet to collect and exchange data. These networks use advanced protocols such as Long-Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M), Narrowband...

Find Your Blind Spots

Free 30-Minute Blind Spot Workshop

Thinaer gives you a roadmap to connectivity and helps you identify your blind spots, walk you through how to look over your factory floor, identify what areas and equipment are collecting data manually, what’s still analog, and what is connected.