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5 ways AI can help mitigate the global shipping crisis

TechCrunch

If you don’t have the data about what is on a ship transporting your materials, then use this crisis as an opportunity to justify prioritizing supply chain digital transformation with data, IoT and advanced analytics (e.g., machine learning and simulation).

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Cold Chain Logistics Management: How to Handle Temperature-Sensitive Goods

Altexsoft

When ice cream melts in your hands on a hot day, it can be a bit frustrating; but if a load of vaccines can’t be used because it went bad due to wrong storage or transportation conditions, the results are a lot more serious, if not fatal. A common cold chain scenario. All that, in turn, depends on multiple factors, such as.

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Making Sense of IoT Platforms: AWS vs Azure vs Google vs IBM vs Cisco

Altexsoft

For the most part, they belong to the Internet of Things (IoT), or gadgets capable of communicating and sharing data without human interaction. The number of active IoT connections is expected to double by 2025, jumping from the current 9.9 The number of active IoT connections is expected to double by 2025, jumping from the current 9.9

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Supply Chain Analytics: Opportunities in Data Analysis and Business Intelligence

Altexsoft

Supply chain practitioners and CEOs surveyed by 6river share that the main challenges of the industry are: keeping up with the rapidly changing customer demand, dealing with delays and disruptions, inefficient planning, lack of automation, rising costs (of transportation, labor, etc.),

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It’s Time for Data Historians to Become … History

Actian

Modern time-series databases cover traditional time-series data capabilities, however, they are designed and optimized for capturing data chronology and ingesting data from unstructured and multi-variate streaming data sources including binary large objects, JSON data, and adherence to standards for the latest in IoT connectivity.

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Supply Chain Control Tower: Enhancing Visibility and Resilience

Altexsoft

If we speak about end-to-end visibility, we mean that we should be able to have a granular view of all the main components of a supply chain: transportation – which entails control over the actual delivery process, tracking shipments , predicting ETA , etc.; The readings from IoT sensors and other connected devices (e.g.,

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IoT Architecture: the Pathway from Physical Signals to Business Decisions

Altexsoft

IoT solutions have become a regular part of our lives. A door automatically opens, a coffee machine starts grounding beans to make a perfect cup of espresso while you receive analytical reports based on fresh data from sensors miles away. This article describes IoT through its architecture, layer to layer.

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