Smart Industry 1/2016

Unagrid
Managing fleets of trailers
DHL
Less risk – more fun
DHLs incident monitoring platform Resilience360 enables
real-time tracking of incidents like natural disasters, threats to
productivity, operational and socio-political risks capable of
disrupting supply chains. By monitoring lanes, nodes, plants, suppliers,
shipments, ordered components and more it allows clients
to remain flexible to react in the right way at the right time. The
service provides an interactive map visualizing the global endto-end
supply chain from suppliers to customers and integrates
with existing transport management systems to derive views on
shipment and material level.
www.dhl.com/resilience
Every big airport around the world operates thousands
of trailer carts to move luggage and cargo to and from
aircraft. A lot of work and time goes into locating each
item getting it to where they have to be at a precise time.
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam now works with a system
called GSETrack (GSE stands for Ground Support Equipment)
developed by Unagrid. Every cart is equipped with
a tracker which knows it’s position by GPS. It broadcasts
its location information to neighbored trackers that relay
these messages in the same way. Thanks to this selforganizing
network each trailer can be located anytime
– saving the airport a lot of money and energy.
www.gestrack.com
Tado
Warmth when it’s needed
Buying a new and more efficient heating system is expensive
– and almost impossible for people who are living in a rented
flat. With Tado it is possible to make existing systems more
intelligent and so save a lot of energy and money. The smart
thermostat works together with 95 percent of all heating
systems. It can be programmed to start heating as soon as
an inhabitant comes close to the flat – the information is
provided via GPS. And it also considers
the current weather
forecast to save energy.
This can save up to 30 percent
of heating costs!
www.tado.com
Continental
New Big Player in the field
of intelligent streetlights
Experts are expecting that within 15 to 20 years
almost all streetlights will be changed from classic
bulbs and fluorescent lamps to LEDs that are much
more efficient. This outlook has attracted companies
to enter the market that were active in other
fields so far. Continental, one of the largest manufacturer
of car components has started developing
systems that combine their competence with
LED-production and car-technology. Soon expect
to see streetlights that are able to communicate
with cars passing by. Continental already has a field
experiment underway in Toulouse, France.
www.continental-corporation.com
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