The business impact of IoT

Hans Tubbax from the Thomas More Hogeschool first shared his views on the more theoretical and technical aspects, then 7 companies presented cases from their business environments.

The examples from many different industries touched on advantages of IoT for both suppliers and customers: connecting "everything" to the internet can deliver interesting data for companies who deploy applications. These data can be used to indicate the customer's wishes and expectations and can help to incrementally improve customer experience, both in B2B and B2C scenarios. Another way of using the collected data lies in identifying the state of connected devices and their need for corrective or preventive maintenance. This in turn helps in setting up new business scenarios, where a customer does not own a tool or piece of equipment, but instead purchases a service.

This session was the first of three IoT sessions this year. If you want to learn more on IoT & how it can help your business grow then be sure to subscribe to the second (Creating IoT Product-Service-Systems) and third IoT session (IoT in practice). 

Be sure to head over to the Pictures tab and have a look at the pictures that were taken during the event.

Learn more about the cases! Head over to the Related tab to download the presentations that were given by all the speakers;

• Open presentations 
  • Case "Devices at your fingertips" by Stijn Degrieck (Codit)
  • Case "Connecting Things with People and Processes" by Frederik Op De Beeck (SAP)
  • Case "Aquadraat: Connected rain & waste water management" by Caroline Van Cauwelaert (Bagaar)
  • Case "Connected bikes" by Gert Pauwels (Orange)
• Closed presentations (only available for members after login)
  • Presentation "The business impact of IoT" by Hans Tubbax (Thomas More Hogeschool)
  • Case "KBC Smarthome" by Katrien Tuerlinckx (KBC verzekeringen)
  • Case "Smart Factory Journey at Faurecia" by Mithun Varghese (Capgemini)
  • Cases as presented by Stefan De Schuyter (Hewlett Packard Enterprise):

    
    

    • Case for Kaeser Kompressoren: "Air-as-a-Service"
    • Case for Philips Healthcare: "Predictive analytics on machine data"
    • Case for MSC Cruises: "Mobile engagement & footfall analytics"

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