Gallery: Internet of Things Case Studies in the Workforce
With each passing month, the buzz about of the Internet of Things continues to increase as more companies piggyback off of the idea of connected home and personal devices. But despite everyone's fascination with the personal applications for IoT, connected devices are bound to play an even bigger role in the workforce, from manufacturing to agriculture and even mining.
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Case Study: "Smart, Connected Products Drive New Decision Farming" (July 2015)
Partners: OnFarm Systems, ThingWorx, Blue Hill Research, IBM
Goals: Use IoT sensors to capture field data for large farms, allowing farmers to control irrigation levels and maximize crop yield.
Conclusion: While OnFarm's research into developing smarter ways to farm are ongoing, the company recently partnered with IBM and the University of Georgia to develop an "irrigation prescription" that is predicted to help farmers save 15 percent of their water supplies, which equates to 50 billion gallons of water a year at Front River Basin, Georgia.
Case Study: "Taiwan's YouBike System Grows with Advantech and Microprogram"
Partners: Intel, Advantech, Microprogram
Goals: Manage and secure public biking network for major Taiwanese cities.
Conclusion: Using Intel technology, Advantech and Microprogram were able to embed Quark sensor nodes into smart dock modules for each of its 430 bike stations in Taiwan. Through Intel Xeon technology for back-end data analytics and cloud computing, YouBike averages 100,000 transactions per day and has more than 3.3 million members across four cities in Taiwan.
Case Study: Building the Mine of the Future (unofficial title)
Partners: Rio Tinto Group, Komatsu
Goals: Make iron ore mining safer by eliminating the number of people operating in the field.
Conclusion: By automating nearly every aspect of the Rio Tinto mine, there is less chance of human error and injury, and the mine can operate 24/7 without the need for breaks. Human workers can also shift from being in the field to working in a control center to oversee the automated machines in the mine.
Case Study: "EMC: Transforming Customer Service with Agility" (2014)
Partners: EMC, PTC
Goals: Improve EMC customer service by automating field service operations and providing mobile access to field service management capabilities
Conclusion: By implementing PTC's platform for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) solutions, EMC has been able to eliminate redundancies in its field service operations and provide service managers and professionals with a central source to coordinate all of their activities, saving both time and money. EMC reported the number of service jobs per eight-hour shift has increased by 60 percent, with overall travel time for service decreased by nearly 50 percent.
Case Study: "Brazil Drives Into the Future"
Partners: Intel, Autofind
Goals: Modernize Brazil's aging roadways and toll system with improved RFID tags and roadside payment portals.
Conclusion: While this study is still currently in progress, Intel hopes that the new RFID tags will help eliminate traffic accidents caused by crowded toll booths as well as to give the Brazilian government real-time traffic data for increase highway safety.
Case Study: "Roche Diabetes Care and SAP Create App for Personalized Health Management" (2015)
Partners: Roche Diagnostics, SAP
Goals: By combining a fitness tracking wearable with SAP HANA Technology, provide Type 2 diabetes patients with a way to monitor health and record glucose levels.
Conclusion: With the Accu Smart View solution, patients have been able to monitor their daily activity to reduce the onset of sudden attacks and can also communicate their glucose levels instantly to doctors by uploading data to SAP Connected Health platform.
Case Study: "Roche Diabetes Care and SAP Create App for Personalized Health Management" (2015)
Partners: Roche Diagnostics, SAP
Goals: By combining a fitness tracking wearable with SAP HANA Technology, provide Type 2 diabetes patients with a way to monitor health and record glucose levels.
Conclusion: With the Accu Smart View solution, patients have been able to monitor their daily activity to reduce the onset of sudden attacks and can also communicate their glucose levels instantly to doctors by uploading data to SAP Connected Health platform.
With each passing month, the buzz about of the Internet of Things continues to increase as more companies piggyback off of the idea of connected home and personal devices. But despite everyone’s fascination with the personal applications for IoT, connected devices are bound to play an even bigger role in the workforce, from manufacturing to agriculture and even mass transit.
Building on the ideas presented in our previous gallery of IoT Case Studies, we’ve compiled a series of actual use cases for connected and autonomous solutions currently being implemented in the workforce. Flip through the gallery below, and be sure to let us know some of the ways in which you would like to see persistent online connectivity used to improve your professional and personal lives.
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