Tag: sustainability
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5 Ways to Make Your Supply Chain More Sustainable
As the world becomes more digitized, companies are under increasing pressure to improve the sustainability of their supply chains. Here are 5 ways to make your supply chain more sustainable, from using artificial intelligence to increasing visibility. There’s no question that sustainability is important for businesses today. But with so many different aspects of supply…
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How the Internet of Things Can Make Your Manufacturing Business More Sustainable
The Internet of Things, often abbreviated as IoT, refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enable these objects to connect and exchange data. The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, is a specific application of the Internet of…
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How IoT Helps Fight Climate Change
The internet of things, or “IoT,” is a system of connected devices that share data and work together to achieve a common goal. By 2025, it’s estimated that there will be 75 billion IoT devices in use worldwide. That represents a major opportunity to reduce carbon emissions and make our economy more sustainable. Here’s how…
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Digital Supply Chain – Women in Supply Chain a chat with @circular_nomad and @supplychnqueen
As well as running the Digital Supply Chain podcast, and the Industry 4.0 themed series of podcasts, I decided to also spin up a new series – themed around the topic of Women in Supply Chain. This series will strive to highlight the stories of women leaders in Supply Chain to attempt to address the…
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Industry 4.0, Digital Supply Chain, and Sustainability – a chat with Hans Thalbauer
The buzz around Industry 4.0 is starting to grow so I decided it might be interesting to have a series of interviews themed around Industry 4.0 here on the Digital Supply Chain podcast. To kick off this series I asked my friend, and colleague Hans Thalbauer to come on the show to talk about where he sees the relationship…
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Three Industries Where Technology Is Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
The science is in. We need to significantly reduce our carbon emissions to limit the amount of warming our planet undergoes as a consequence of climate change. The good news is, technology is rising up to meet this challenge. The bad news is it needs to do far more, and do it faster. How…
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Apple puts its environmental initiatives front and centre at its spring event
Apple held it’s annual spring event yesterday in Palo Alto to make iPhone, iPad, and iOS related announcements (amongst others). However, this year for a change the first executive invited to address the audience was Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, former EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson. Lisa was greeted by warm applause which became…
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Epson EcoTank – an inkjet printer which doesn’t use inkjet cartridges
“Oh boy, I just love buying inkjet cartridges”. Said no-one. Ever. They are expensive, they run out just when we need them most, or worse they clog, and there is never a recycling bin nearby when it is time to dispose of them. So what’s the choice? Laser printers? Well, they are good for black…