The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal Features Wiliot - Ambient 'is coming, and it promises to change how we interact with the world.’

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What’s in the case study

Tha Challenges
To address the universal challenge of food waste, the grocery retailer wanted a view into how its time-and temperature-sensitive goods were transported and stored, aiming to improve its reputation for excellence by guaranteeing produce availability at peak freshness.

The Solutions
The Wiliot Intelligence Platform revolutionizes how grocery retailers monitor the temperature and location of their inventory, offering comprehensive insights down to the case level through automated, continuous monitoring and instant, actionable alerts.

How it Works

Wiliot IoT Pixels were applied to cases of strawberries, tracking their temperature and whereabouts from the distribution center, through transit, to multiple stores, providing high-resolution insights into the state of their goods.

The Outcome

The Wiliot Intelligence Platform promptly detected temperature and process compliance issues, allowing the retailer to tackle underlying problems as they arise, minimizing wasted inventory and ensuring fresher produce with more predictable availability.

The Benefits

Insights delivered by the Wiliot Intelligence Platform guaranteed that the retailer’s produce met the highest standards of freshness and quality, directly enhancing customer trust and enabling systematic elimination of food spoilage and waste causes.

What's in the Report

The October 31, 2022 issue of The Wall Street Journal's Technology Report was focused on Ambient Computing, a broader term encompassing the Ambient IoT that Wiliot is pioneering.

Wiliot was featured alongside Intel, Apple, Google and Amazon in the report titled “Why the Future of the Computer Is Everywhere, All the Time: ‘Ambient computing’ is coming, and it promises to change how we interact with the world. But there are still a lot of challenges—and concerns—to overcome.” by Christopher Mims.

The report dives into the future and how we’ll interact with the world through a growing number of gadgets and sensors, many of which will be physically embedded in our environments.