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How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis

Harvard Business Review

For small to medium enterprises, this means margins may be squeezed to the point to where they can no longer compete in today’s hyper-competitive global marketplace. Businesses are being impacted by a global skills shortage that is hampering manufacturing output and service delivery.

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Calling all innovators: Africa’s electricity market is ripe for market-creation

Christensen Institute

Deploying electricity across markets also improves business operating hours increasing micro, small, and medium enterprises’ income. Finally, having the option of cold storage reduces food waste. . Africa’s MCI history can act as a guide for its electricity market. Fortunately Africa is no stranger to success found within market creation.

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Here Are Eight Innovation Awards to Watch and Follow for Inspiration

IdeaScale

Last year’s winners included IBM’s autonomous ship, Origin Wireless’ remote patient monitoring system, and the fifth-generation Waymo Driver. Products can be honorees, meaning they score the highest in their category, or win the award directly, which means they’re the highest-scoring period. BIG Innovation Awards, January 2022.

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5G Is Far Bigger Than Faster Smartphones

Daniel Burrus

Across sectors including manufacturing, mining, energy, transportation, and smart city initiatives, there is an increased demand for bandwidth, minimal latency, and enhanced security, and leading businesses are already benefiting from 5G private wireless networks. .

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How will 5G impact the IT area?

mjvinnovation

The next generation of wireless communication represents an opportunity for companies to reshape the way they provide connections for all types of users. 5G is a potentially disruptive wireless networking technology that offers low latency and high bandwidth connectivity. This is a big deal. Want to know how?

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Machine to Machine (M2M): what it is and how it works

mjvinnovation

The Internet and improved standards for wireless technology have expanded the role of science, engineering, and manufacturing telemetry for everyday use in products such as heating units, electric meters, and Internet-connected devices such as appliances.

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Pivotal Innovation Management: The Past, Present, and Future of 180° Business Changes

Qmarkets

Following that Steve was then involved for over 10 years at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, working with State and Federal Government Agencies. Steve helped them create wireless solutions for real time monitoring of seismic activity, sensor monitoring along Homeland Borders, and overall product and process improvement.