Ten Application Examples of Internet of Things

Things like monitoring or adjusting the building thermostat can be done remotely, even saving energy and simplifying the maintenance procedures of facilities. Highway construction-production quality monitoring of mixing station can remotely monitor production data and monitor production quality in real time.

The beauty of this Internet of Things application is that it is easy to implement, and it is easy to sort out performance benchmarks and get the needed improvements.

Second, the maintenance of machinery and infrastructure

Sensors can be placed on road construction, pavers, road rollers and other equipment and infrastructure materials to realize the digital construction of the Internet of Things, monitor the construction quality in real time and reduce the construction cost. For example, ENH highway construction quality monitoring system, intelligent compaction system, railway continuous compaction system, etc. They are all examples of the Internet of Things in infrastructure construction.

Third, logistics and tracking.

The transportation industry now installs sensors on moving trucks and individual components being transported. The central system tracks these goods from beginning to end. Doing so can prevent the goods in remote areas from being stolen, so that the enterprise supply chain can keep track, because the management can clearly see the location of the vehicle (and where the vehicle should be) at any time.

Fourth, the container environment.

Similarly, in the logistics and transportation industry, when transporting containers with perishable goods, the surrounding environmental conditions will be monitored, and if it exceeds the temperature or humidity range, the sensor will give an alarm. In addition, the sensor will give an alarm when the container is disturbed or the seal is broken. This information is sent directly to decision makers in real time through the central system, so that this situation can be remedied-even if the goods are in transit all over the world.

Five, machine management inventory

Self-service vending machines and portable stores that provide consumers with a variety of goods can now send automatic replenishment alerts when specific goods are below the reorder level. This practice can save costs for retailers, because they only need to ask the field staff to replenish their inventory when the machine tells them that they need to replenish their inventory.

6. Network data is used for marketing.

Enterprises can choose to use their own analysis to track the behavior of customers in the network, or they can outsource this task to reputable marketing companies in this field. In the website navigation mode, visitors come to your website or come from your website, the types of devices used by visitors, and other relevant data about visitors can be summarized to get a more comprehensive understanding. The combination of transaction data and Internet of Things data will enrich your marketing analysis and forecast and can be implemented quickly.

Seven, identify dangerous websites

The security services provided by commercial companies allow network administrators to track machine-to-machine communication, track company computers' access to Internet websites, and reveal "dangerous" websites and IT addresses frequently visited by company computers. Practice will reduce the risk of malicious software and pathological du invading the network. Because this "observation" service is provided by cloud providers, it is simple to implement and enterprises can start immediately.

Eight, unmanned trucks

In remote areas with bad weather conditions and no road infrastructure, enterprises in the oil and gas mining industry are using driverless trucks, which can control and communicate remotely. This reduces operating costs, because you don't have to send people into the site, and you can also avoid accidents in areas that are known to be extremely dangerous.

Nine, wide area network monitoring

Enterprises can monitor and modify their network traffic well, but when these traffic is routed through WAN or Internet, it sometimes seems beyond their control. Nowadays, the edge routers of offices in different locations around the world will show significantly different quality of service, depending on whether the office is in Singapore or Rio de Janeiro. If it wants to better monitor Internet traffic, it can buy commercial services, show in real time where it is slowing down, and even reroute traffic to keep communication smooth.

X.GPS data aggregation

GPS data aggregation is one of the most widely used data collection methods in the Internet of Things. Enterprises like it because it allows them to count demographic data, weather data, infrastructure data, graphic data and any data type that can be located in a specific geographical location. Many vendors can help you aggregate GPS data in a way that makes sense to your business.