CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In any given organization, there can be dozens or even hundreds of applications and devices used for things like running cash registers, telco base stations, manufacturing sensors, healthcare devices, and so on. Edge computing can be used to power a digital city, the electrical grid, an airport, or even a hospital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Unless you work in manufacturing or product design, you probably haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about how plastic shapes are made. It was probably injection-molded, and the tool used to make the plastic was probably a royal pain in the ejector pins to manufacture. Look around you — see anything with a plastic casing?

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CIO

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Just a year after the release of ChatGPT, gen AI is generating value in many different industries, including retail. Every part of the industry needs to figure out how to apply gen AI to their distribution models and their shopping experiences. Increasingly, they’re relying on generative AI to help them deliver on rising demand.

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CIO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Cloud is the dominant attack surface through which these critical exposures are accessed, due to its operational efficiency and pervasiveness across industries. Organizations across all industries can benefit from secure practices to limit their remote access exposures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Each community leader has a virtual shop where the neighbors place their orders, which Tushop aggregates for bulk orders to manufacturers or other producers – like farmers. Experience in the FMCG industry. Chepkemboi says this arrangement earns shoppers up to 60% in savings, even with the agents earning sales commissions.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations simply don’t have the resources or the expertise to build or manage the complex distributed systems required for effective edge computing delivery, a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Resilience , a new biopharmaceutical company backed by $800 million in financing from investors including ARCH Venture Partners and 8VC, has emerged from stealth to transform the way that drugs and therapies are manufactured in the U.S. Founded by ARCH Venture Partners investor Robert Nelsen, National Resilience Inc.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The industry may sound a bit arcane, but it’s one that founders Remi Ducrocq (Kyklo’s CEO) and Fabien Legouic (CTO) know from having worked at Schneider Electric. Ducrocq said that the process of selling these products to manufacturers and electricians remains a cumbersome process that relies largely on PDF catalogs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Even e-commerce giants like Amazon have struggled to surmount the challenges of distributing product fast enough to keep up with demand. The ventilator shortage at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from inefficiencies in the “first mile” of manufacturing, Shultz said. Factor co-founders Doug Shultz and Michael Szewczyk.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BluePallet , an online marketplace connecting manufacturers with the chemical industry, announced today that it has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Vinmar Ventures, a subsidiary of petrochemical distributor Vinmar International. . I should know, I covered the petrochemical industry in the late 1990s).

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

It used to be getting from prototyping to manufacturing meant long, expensive trips to places like Shenzhen and a whole lot of trial and error. The San Francisco startup runs what it calls a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem, which is, effectively, a user-friendly service for doing just that. Image Credits: Fictiv.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The pharmaceutical supply chain across Africa has for decades remained fragmented leading to sourcing and distribution challenges as well as quality concerns; as fake and substandard products flood the market. And, for his masters project, he sought to explore the possible solutions for some of the challenges he saw in the industry.

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Tenable

APRIL 15, 2024

Operational technology (OT) is set to transform the Department of Defense's (DoD) manufacturing lines, improving logistics and supply-chain management into a new era of efficiency and reliability. OT is deeply embedded in the DoD’s manufacturing lines, driving industrial process automation (IPA) and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Count them: the home Wi-Fi, the ISP, the Internet, a Domain Name System (DNS) provider, a content delivery network (CDN), applications distributed among multiple providers in multiple clouds, credit authentication companies, a private customer information database. Problems often take a long time to identify and resolve.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Reliance Strategic Business Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has acquired a 23.3% Reliance Industries, or one of its units, has made a series of investments this year, including hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo and Google-backed Android lockscreen platform Glance. ” The startup had a turnover of $4.32

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CIO

JULY 26, 2023

Suppose you have an international apparel company that manufactures and sells shirts. Following common industry practice, you have the shirt manufactured in one country. The raw materials for manufacturing come from another country. But let’s focus on just one shirt to start. The result? And that’s just for one shirt.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

The company has received more than 14,000 reservations for the Ocean as of March, according to an annual report distributed to shareholders. Other companies across industries have made promises to hit that carbon-neutral goal before. For each phase, the company lists a few bullet points, such as localizing manufacturing.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As James Johnson, CIO of James Hardie Industries, notes, “Very often, the IT function is the most knowledgeable function in a company in terms of its broad purview and understanding of both business process and of the technology that runs that process. So I lead with that mindset.

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Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program (DBMIP) Which seeks "to strengthen domestic supply chains and sustain America's global prominence in biotechnology. Details here - including an opportunity for the private sector to submit proposals for DBMIP funding.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage – it’s about halfway through its proof of concept – if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the sustainable textiles industry. Humble Bee, which just raised $3.2 “It’s resistant to acids and bases. Humble Bee, which just raised $3.2

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CIO

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Content generation is another key use case for gen AI, cited by 55% of respondents, with industry-specific applications (48%), data augmentation (46%), and personalized recommendations (39%) rounding out the top five. Software vendors have been busy infusing generative AI into their products.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The Earth Day-timed announcement comes as companies and consumers confront the failure of recycling programs to adequately address the problems associated with plastic waste — and broader issues around the contributions of consumer behavior and industrial production and distribution to the current climate emergency.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

In a recent report, analysts at Bernstein estimated that Policybazaar commands 90% of share in the online insurance distribution market. Within the under-penetrated landscape, digital distribution through web-aggregators like Policybazaar forms <1% of the industry. A screengrab of Policybazaar website.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Einride is teaming up with home appliance manufacturing giant Electrolux for its German launch, which will work with Einride toward building the charging infrastructure at its warehousing facilities. Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

While wrist-worn wearables are still wildly popular in India, a pair of domestic manufacturers are banking on consumers who are meticulous about health and sleep tracking but are less interested in the form factor. The pair also frequently ranks among the top five manufacturers of wearable devices on the global charts. from $46.6

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CIO

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, many organizations simply don’t have the resources or the expertise to build or manage the complex distributed systems required for effective edge computing delivery, a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Infra.Market helps small businesses such as manufacturers of paints and cements improve the quality of their production and meet various compliances. These improvements, explained co-founder Souvik Sengupta, help small manufacturers land larger clients that have higher expectations from the businesses with which they engage. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security. Security veteran Window Snyder thinks there is a better way. Her new startup, Thistle Technologies , is backed with $2.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Cana’s goal is to rebuild the $2 trillion beverage industry while also saving waste from going into landfills and excessive water being used at the same time. Cana’s goal is to rebuild the $2 trillion beverage industry while also saving waste from going into landfills and excessive water being used at the same time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Its technology automates how distributors and manufacturers create, execute and track rebates. These types of trading programs are a common industry practice and are relied on by distributors as a way to turn a profit. Enable raises $13M to help distributors, manufacturers and retailers manage rebates.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Founded out of Switzerland in 2011, Beekeeper targets the estimated 80% of the global “deskless” workforce who don’t work from a fixed office-based location, spanning hospitality, retail, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, among other industries. Beekeeper platform Image Credits: Beekeeper.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Zopper works with insurance providers and creates byte-sized, personalized products that it then supplies to distribution partners. Zopper works with insurance providers and creates byte-sized, personalized products that it then supplies to distribution partners. Zopper, an 11-year-old startup, has raised $96 million to date.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

It was also a tedious process that typically involved middlemen-type players that slowed things down and brought more cost into the system: typically manufacturers of supplies worked with wholesalers, who then might sell directly to businesses, but might also work with further retailers who then finally sold to business customers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

We also want to also begin our transition into industrial sectors, so that we can really have a massive impact of scale.” It’s a story as old as time: Pull CO 2 out of the air, wave your magic chemistry stick at it and bottle it as vodka and perfume. Well, that and martinis. ” says Constantine. ” says Constantine.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

GoPuff buys products directly from manufacturers, then distributes those products through its 250-plus “micro-fulfillment centers” and a network of independent drivers. We believe that the company’s vision and differentiated model drive industry-leading economics and sustainable growth. billion in October).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Or they can import pre-existing courses or quizzes constructed elsewhere and stored in the SCORM or AICC format , which can be useful for general industry-specific training for cybersecurity, or regulatory compliance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Startups, tapping into new manufacturing techniques, new batter technology, and new energy infrastructure, see a ripe opportunity to build new vehicles to disrupt the current status quo with safer and cleaner alternatives. billion, covering more than 5,000 vehicles.

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