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Optimize supply chain efficiency

with ambient IoT

Award-winning product
Statler noted that environmental sustainability and gov-
ernance is a growing concern that has prompted an array
of technical innovations coming to market in the next five
years. Wiliot collaborates with many innovative compa-
nies, including leading retail, apparel, food and beverage,
healthcare and postage carrier brands, he stated, adding
iliot, an Internet of Things solutions provider, that the company also partners with smart-tag manufac-
created an ambient IoT Pixels and Visibility turers, including Avery Dennison, Identiv, and Tadbik Ato,
Platform designed to optimize supply chain to meet growing demand for its solutions.
W management by using pixels to connect digi-
tal and physical environments. In addition, he noted, Wiliot has been recognized by many
of the world's most prestigious organizations, garnering
The company said some of the world's largest companies the following citations: a TIME Best Invention Award, is-
use the platform to attach stamp-sized, self-powered IoT sued by TIME; a VIP Award, issued by the NRF; a GLOMO
Pixels to connect physical objects to the internet. Use cases Award, issued by MWC; a Cool Vendor Award, issued by
include cars, appliances, shipping containers and crates as Gartner; and a Next Big Thing in Tech Award, issued by
well as small contents such as fruits, vegetables, vaccine Fast Company in 2023.
vials, clothes and airplane parts, stated Steve Statler, chief Smart, sustainable solutions
marketing officer at Wiliot.
As an ambient IoT data carrier platform company, Wiliot
"The ambient IoT represents an evolution of the traditional connects digital and physical realms by using IoT Pixels,
Internet of Things that brings connectivity and product battery-free smart tags that push data to the cloud in real-
intelligence from large, expensive things to almost every- time without human intervention. The platform comple-
thing," he said. "By embedding item-level intelligence into ments a fast-growing ambient IoT ecosystem and partners
trillions of things and connecting these products through with a variety of distributors that specialize in building ap-
generative AI platforms, businesses are equipped with the plications, tags, and edge devices, the company stated.
real-time data they need to solve many of their most press-
ing challenges." Describing Ambient IoT as an evolution of legacy IoT and
RFID technologies with lower costs, end-to-end privacy and
In addition to driving supply chain efficiencies, Statler security, and the addition of new intelligence and sensing
noted, Wiliot can help enterprises reduce carbon emissions capabilities, Statler noted that the technology is compatible
and enhance food and medicine safety. Wiliot-connected with a range of telecommunications standards, including
products transmit real-time, case and item-level informa- Bluetooth, 5G Advanced, and 802.11 AMP.
tion about location, temperature, humidity, and carbon
footprint, he added, which helps companies make informed "Our mission is to make every single thing an agent of
decisions while increasing revenue, improving safety and change, enabling ambient IoT by adding intelligence and
creating a more livable planet. automation to food, apparel, packaging, pharmaceuticals,

AI's central nervous system and other products," Statler said. "Connecting new catego-
ries of things through AI and the internet is transforming
Ambient IoT also acts as an extended nervous system for manufacturing, distribution, and product use to deliver on
artificial intelligence, Statler explained, which helps busi- our vision: a minimum waste, full trust, perfectly timed
nesses communicate with trillions of Wiliot-connected world where people, profits, and the planet are aligned."
products through generative AI platforms from OpenAI,
Google, Microsoft, and others.

He pointed out that integrating ambient IoT and generative Company: Wiliot
AI goes beyond passive supply chain visibility by enabling Product: IoT Visibility Platform
business leaders to address supply chain issues, fix bottle-
necks and react quickly when, for example, vegetable con- Website: www.wiliot.com
tainers exceed temperature thresholds—capabilities that Contact: www.wiliot.com/contact
help reduce a product's carbon footprint in real time.
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