Smart Industry 2021

Everything
under Control
IoT-based smart farm
monitoring systems for
paddy fields measure
water levels, moisture,
temperature, and humidity
through sensors
installed in the field.
source ©: Better Life Farming
tal tools, physical infrastructure,
and their underlying data streams.
Smart businesses are embracing
that insight, and data-driven
thinking, from the initial design
through to the complete customer
experience, is critical to stay
ahead of the competition. Take
the example of Bayer, the global
leader in pharmaceuticals and life
sciences, who have set a target to
support 100 million smallholder
farms to produce for our growing
global population ecologically.
This requires sustainable means
of intensifying food cultivation
and helping farmers worldwide
take advantage of the best-quality
seeds and crop protection. With
over 130 production facilities globally,
Bayer not only wants to ensure
that high-quality product reaches
their customers at the right time
but also synthesize it with over 30
different streams of data to offer a
farmer-centric solution to enable
better yield.
Often, the challenge at such scale
lies in the simplification through
empowerment, rather than taking
away hundreds of millions of
farmers and traders from their
core focus. Bayer turned to use
Bringing the
Farmers Around
Bayer, the global leader
in pharmaceuticals
and life sciences, has
set a target to support
100 million smallholder
farmers to switch to sustainable
means of food
cultivation.
an innovative, low-power cellularconnected
IoT tracking solution
enabled by the integrated iSIM. By
doing so, the information needed
to predict adverse events such
as delayed weather patterns or
changes in local rainfall all becomes
an opportunity to contribute
toward sustainability for the
planet and our people.
With the evolution of the SIM and
the advent of iSIM, the story of IoT
is being rewritten, opening new
opportunities for companies to address
global challenges and meet
their sustainability goals. The most
successful businesses will be the
ones that facilitate the exchange
of data in a streamlined and interoperable
manner that leads to
actionable insights, presenting
benefits for all. Technology is an
enabler, as trust and transparency
increasingly become hallmarks of
progressive businesses that customers
choose for their needs.
What areas of IoT do you think are
most exciting for smart businesses
to meet their sustainability goals?
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