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tridentinfotech · 2 years
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How can IoT Help in Achieving Excellent Automotive Product Quality in Your Manufacturing Plant?
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Today’s economies are dramatically changing, triggered by new markets, digital developments, increased automation, and the rise in modern technologies around the world. These factors have revolutionized several industries, and the automotive industry is no exception. People these days have become more quality conscious. Hence, pressuring manufacturers to provide the best quality automotive items at lower costs. Manufacturers seek the best IoT for Manufacturing such as a Machine Vision Application to produce excellent quality products.  
The automotive industry can expect consistent growth in the market. According to a report by Mckinsey, the automotive revenue pool will significantly increase and diversify towards on-demand mobility and driven data services. It can generate about 1.5 trillion or 30% more as additional revenue in 2030. This is a massive opportunity for automotive manufacturers. However, this opportunity tags along with various challenges. Among these, the most obvious one is – high competition.  
To stay ahead of the competition, you have to offer exceptional services and excellent quality automotive products to the customers. You can easily achieve this with an IoT solution for Manufacturing (preferably Artificial Intelligence based Software). A Machine Vision Inspection helps you achieve exactly what you need; excellent quality products at lower costs. This Smart Manufacturing IoT is designed specifically for you to cut waste and increase your staff’s productivity.  
In this article, we will discuss how a Machine Vision Application can help you achieve the desired quality of your products.  
How Can Machine Vision Application Help You Achieve First-Class Production Quality? 
To ensure the quality of your products, first, you need superior quality raw material and then ensure that the produced items have no scratches, breakage, etc. A Manufacturing Defect Detection Software enables the dimensional gauging of the precision machine components like transmission, fasteners, and other sub-assemblies. The Machine Vision Application ensures only those items pass through the conveyor belt that fulfills the quality standards.  
 AI-based Manufacturing Inspection Software like Vision Intelligence System by Trident 
Allows quality inspection in a similar environment. The best part is you do not even have to make additional changes to this IoT Factory Automation software.  
What can the Vision Intelligence System do?   
Identify  
The Machine Vision Application can read barcode labels, barcodes from the marked parts, direct part marks (DPM), and verify labels. 
Inspect  
This IoT in Manufacturing Industry detects dents, wrinkles, and cracks in any part of the item. It can further detect piston defects (mishandling and foundry defects).    
Measure/ Gauge/ Guide 
You can easily measure the outer and inner diameters of the O ring, the angle of the metal tips, and the positions of labels and edges with Machine Vision Application.  
Detects Minute Flaws  
You can even detect flaws that are not visible to the naked eye such as small dents, scratches, dust, dust, etc.  
Quality of the Glass 
The Internet of Things Smart Manufacturing software helps detect little flaws on the windshield like cracks, scratches, breakage, discoloration, dust, and so on.    
Missing Components  
Detect missing bolts, nuts, screws, wires, and so on at one glance.    
What Would You Get in the End? 
Defect detection is a tiring process, yet the most important thing is to determine the quality of your production. If you employ Machine Vision Application 
, you can get the following benefits:  
No Human Interaction Required 
With Defect Detection Computer Vision like Vision Intelligence System, you can leave human dependency behind. The machine does all the work itself demanding no too low human interactions. This is the best way to avoid human errors. 
Boosts Productivity  
When you employ a robust machine like Machine Vision Application for quality check, you get faster and more accurate detection. Since the process becomes faster, you can cut waste and produce more items in less time.   
Quick Reporting    
The best part of this technology is its quick reporting facilities. Whenever there is a defect, it flashes the alert on the monitor. Hence, prompting the concerned person to take relevant actions. In human-based defect detection, the same process is more tedious and time-consuming.  
The automotive industry has a bright future, and you, as a manufacturer, have a lot of opportunities. However, opportunities come with challenges. To stay ahead in the competition, you need to get AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT software working for you that supports you to provide excellent customer service.  
Vision Intelligence System is one of the most renowned Machine Vision Application in the market that helps you boost productivity, cut human errors and increase your ROI (Return on Investment) impressively. For further information, you can Contact Trident Information Systems. 
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novasoftfzco · 4 years
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 & LS Retails Partners in Dubai, UAE
Novasoft is a preferred Business Application & IT Solution Partner for Global Businesses. We focus on digital transformation by delivering value to the organization through business application, cloud & analytics. We are Microsoft & LS Retail Partner working extensively in implementing Microsoft Dynamics business applications, LS Retail, Power BI, Power automate and Azure.
We take business consulting approach for implementing Dynamic 365 Finance & Operations, Business Central, LS Central and CRM. We bring the best insights with Microsoft Power BI at your fingertips.
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Decorative Concrete Contractors Tell All
You know we saw concrete floors that were two and three years old. It became very difficult to recover to a presentable condition and of course, three years after the investment of concrete was not very favorable for us. So we needed something that we could install for the same amount or less. Hopefully, that would require less maintenance, which was initially the biggest selling point. My first interview with the representative is very nonchalant. They were still in the infancy of developing a program for exposed, concrete floors in their shopping environment, and what we could offer was a whole system approach to design development through the specifications and the continuation and subsequent implementation of our concrete floor lines.
Protective treatments and then maintenance. You know how this floor compares the vinyl tile, our vinyl tile floors number one. We rely on third-party maintenance, we have to plan maintenance by third parties, pay for maintenance by third parties, usually stripping or deep scrubbing. Those floors twice a year that we have completely eliminated, dependence on third parties, the polished concrete floor certainly has less maintenance than other traditional floor surfaces, especially VCT, there is an immediate recovery of the investment, initially in the construction layer. This has to be deposited and then the strip and for the shop have been turned around to start the work. And of course you do not need the annual strip and you must have the stripping and washing process two or three times a year, depending on the foot traffic in the store. Polish concrete is really easy to maintain and forgives many of these retail managers. With experience they are familiar with what is needed to clean, a vinyl tile, you know that go after you, scrub with an auto scrubber.
But then there is that extra added step of stripping and resins. You know a few times a year once a year. So when they hear that this is not necessary, they want to get rid of that process, because in most cases they get an external company and there are extra costs that are only annoying. The maintenance of the stores is the key to customer service. So one of the things we do every day is that we, we monitor the floors and - and you know, sweep them clean, if we need it and the concrete floors have been very simple, I've been in the retail business and these were easy to maintain daily major maintenance and then scrub each day if it is in winter, if it is in summer, maybe once a week, but the dust is dependent. With these floors, even dust mopping, you can get the shine back and as it is, it is a year and a half ago and we have not polished these floors. Everything we used did the scrubber and did normal maintenance, so I'm very happy with what they look like. So we tested some chemicals and - and we've found that the machine cleans daily, we're the most suitable for John Don and it and the Shopko process. So we place it on one chemical substance, namely the LS-clean in the highest concentration, making the yellows ultra-ultra-pure.
This chemical would be used for busy shopping situations such as what you here at Shop Co. have. we knew this was the best product for the maintenance program. We also did not want to throw multiple chemicals into the mix. We just wanted them to stick to one thing: to make it very easy for them to keep it in the house, and the floor looks better two years later than it was the first day, and it really continues. When we started, we thought you knew that at the end of probably a year a recovery process would take place in which we would come in and clean again and maybe read a book and bring it to the standard. Remove traffic patterns. Sir Cart, where that was possible, and when we celebrated that 1-year anniversary, it was clear that we did not need it on the 1-year anniversary and because we know very quickly, we will cross the two-year jubilee and actually the floor . I think it looks better today than when we left with a new construction, so we are very blessed that this is always a team approach. So you have your design, you have the applicator, you have the finisher or the placement finisher of the concrete, and so everyone came to the table.
Even other manufacturers have really become the brain confidence of this entire program. So what Decorative Concrete Contractors  Massachusetts could bring forward was not only our expertise in our chemicals but also our expertise in technical assistance. I am a polishing contractor. Frankly, it is refreshing to see the emphasis that not only puts concrete in the beginning but the emphasis that cement places on us as an industry. It is really a shame that we can do a fantastic job by polishing the floor and turning it around. But if the maintenance does not work properly, all our hard work falls apart after a certain time. So to be honest, the involvement and their emphasis on maintenance and maintenance of these floors is certainly refreshing in the industry. Decorative concrete contractors are a unique contractor and they look at the customer experience, they do not just give it when the construction is complete for this door owner and the design team forgets them. They are involved from the conception of the floor during the installation of the floor. Until they hand it over to their shop owner, so that is really an element of a huge success of good planning. Good involvement, Mike is probably more involved than someone in retail and takes it seriously. Yes, it is very important to him that the end result is what it should be and we are a partner to deliver that result and we are very privileged to be a part of it.
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compu-soft · 4 years
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clsfyd-com · 4 years
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digitalmark18-blog · 6 years
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ABG Invests In and Launches New Websites for Quintana Roo and Litespeed Brands
New Post has been published on https://britishdigitalmarketingnews.com/abg-invests-in-and-launches-new-websites-for-quintana-roo-and-litespeed-brands/
ABG Invests In and Launches New Websites for Quintana Roo and Litespeed Brands
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New QR website has a real-time “build your own bike” feature for PRSeries models
Chattanooga, TN (October 1, 2018) – American Bicycle Group (ABG), manufacturer of award-winning high performance bicycles – Litespeed (LS) and Quintana Roo (QR) – today announced the launch of its newly designed websites at https://quintanarootri.com/ and https://litespeed.com/. Restructured with a focus on user experience and a seamless mobile interface, the new websites feature a streamlined and simplified design, improved functionality and enriched content areas to help customers choose the bike that best suits their needs, including color, components, wheels, accessories, fit and budget parameters.
Within the Quintana Roo site, the website architects have developed a “bike builder” feature where the customer can choose every aspect of their new PRseries bike. The custom builder feature allows the customer to walk step-by-step through the process of building his/her own bike: model; color selection; component kit; wheelset; and size. As each element is determined by the customer, the imagery of the bike immediately updates to display the precise bike that will be shipped. If help is needed during the building process, a support agent is available to answer questions in real-time.
“We are thrilled to debut the new websites to our customers, retail partners, media and visitors,” said Peter Hurley, CEO and president of American Bicycle Group. “The goal of this investment is to create a fully responsive site that affords customers the opportunity to navigate through Litespeed’s and Quintana Roo’s extensive product offerings with ease. We’re particularly excited about the ability for QR customers to build their own PR bike to their personal specs.”
The new websites support other strategic plan elements that have been implemented within ABG in the past year. Staffing in the Tennessee plant has been expanded to keep up with customer demand, and a second paint booth was added allowing more athletes the ability to order specific color combinations and specific bike configurations within a seven to 10 day turn-around window. The in-house professional bike assemblers have also seen new staff added.
The investment in the new websites, increased staffing, and new production lines are assets in ABG’s multi-channel selling platform making it quick and easy for a Litespeed or Quintana Roo customer to select their bike, adapt it to their needs and make the purchase.
Customers can order directly from QR or Litespeed, or through a QR or Litespeed retail partner. Financing is also available for qualified Litespeed and QR buyers.
Source: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/announcements/2018/10/02/abg-invests-and-launches-new-websites-quintana-roo-and-litespeed-brands
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tridentinfo · 6 years
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Elevate your financial performance and streamline your operations with Dynamics 365
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csrgood · 6 years
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Student from Duke University’s Nicolas School of Business Wins Net Impact’s Inaugural “Wear it Wise” Campaign Competition
Recently, Net Impact, a global community of students and professionals, announced a business school student, from Duke University, had won the first Wear it Wise  campaign competition.
The Wear it Wise campaign competition engaged students and young professionals in developing new ways to generate awareness about the impact of the fashion industry, with a goal to shifting consumer habits around the clothes bought and worn.  Net Impact partnered with industry leaders who are embracing the sustainable fashion movement, including The Levi Strauss Foundation, Eileen Fisher, and Remake.
“History has shown that systemic change often starts with young people. The Wear It Wise campaign engages students on the social and environmental impacts of the global fashion industry so they learn to make better personal choices, while also inspiring broader action in their networks and community” - Jason McBriarty, Director, Levi Strauss Foundation
Program participants consisted of 18 selected Net Impact Chapters varying from Professionals, Graduates and Undergraduates from around the world. The cohort educated and engaged over 8,000 people on their campuses and in their communities on textile waste, resource scarcity, and the circularly model in supply chain management, and climate change. Events and activities included panel discussions, mending and repairing workshops, campus-wide clothing shops, and a resource-filled website. Four esteemed judges reviewed the campaigns in May, 2018: Betsy Fischer, Impact & Innovation Program Manager, at Eileen Fisher; Ayesha Barenblat, Founder and President, of Remake; Jason McBriarty, Director, Worldwide Community Affairs, at Levi Strauss & Co and Levi Strauss Foundation; and Joe Whinney, Founder, of Theo Chocolate.
“We were thrilled to participate in this year’s Net Impact Wear It Wise campaign. As a company with sustainability at its forefront, we are always looking to educate customers on the impact their shopping habits have on the planet. With the fashion industry being one of the largest polluters in the world, we are dedicated to shifting the mindset of brands to build a business for good, a business that looks beyond profits and a business that is committed to making positive impact on the people that work for them and the planet at large. We hope this next generation of thought-leaders will be inspired to implement change and create solutions for the industry.”
-Amy Hall, Vice President of Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher
 The winner of this year’s challenge is Alex Marchyshyn from Duke University - a first-year dual Master’s candidate in Environmental Management and MBA. Her campaign focused on the issues on the industry and consumer side, including spotlighting sustainable brands in North Carolina, providing consumers with an easy to digest resource containing information about sustainable consumer practices, and educating a broader audience through social media. Alex hosted two live events that engaged her student body and larger community about the impacts of fast fashion and aimed at repositioning sustainable fashion as accessible, affordable and stylish. Her first event featured five panelists for an engaging discussion entitled “Beyond Fast Fashion.” Her second event was a campus-wide clothing swap that exchanged over 150 items, giving used clothing another life and preventing them from filling the landfill. Alex said of her campaign “I am both thrilled and honored to have been selected as the winner of Wear it Wise. It was so rewarding to create a sustainable apparel campaign and I am grateful to Net Impact for providing the opportunity to learn more from experts and peers about an issue I care deeply about.”
Ms. Marchyshyn will attend Remake's "Meet the Makers" tour to Mexico in October 2018 where she will travel with a small group of future sustainable apparel leaders and get to know the people and places where our clothing is made. 
“At Net Impact, we are incredibly proud of the inaugural Wear it Wise campaign leaders. Seeing the originality and creativity that leaders brought to their campaigns reminds us why peer education is such an effective way to raise awareness and change how we consume—particularly with something as personal as what we wear.” – Liz Maw, CEO, Net Impact
The second Wear it Wise campaign competition will commence in the Fall of 2018.
About Alex Marchyshyn Alex is a first-year dual Master of Environmental Management and MBA candidate at Duke University focused on the intersection of business, the environment and supply chain. Her goal is to work in the apparel industry to ensure that the clothes we wear are not destroying our planet. She became interested in sustainable fashion after reading the book “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion” by Elizabeth Cline – an eye-opening book that galvanized her to completely rethink her habits and closet. Alex’s particular passion is how to apply the principles of circular economy to the design and end-of-life of clothing. In her spare time, she loves discovering new sustainable apparel brands and reading as many books on the subject as she can get her hands on. Contact: [email protected] or linkedin.com/in/alexandramarchyshyn
About Levi Strauss & Co. Levi Strauss & Co. is one of the world's largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. The company designs and markets jeans, casual wear and related accessories for men, women and children under the Levi's®, Dockers®, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™, and Denizen® brands. Its products are sold in more than 110 countries worldwide through a combination of chain retailers, department stores, online sites, and a global footprint of approximately 2,900 retail stores and shop-in-shops. Levi Strauss & Co.'s reported fiscal 2017 net revenues were $4.9 billion. For more information, go to http://levistrauss.com
About the Levi Strauss Foundation Established in 1952, the Levi Strauss Foundation is an independent private foundation that provides grants to community based organizations working to create meaningful social change. The Foundation funds programs worldwide that advance the human rights and well-being of underserved people where Levi Strauss and Co. (LS&CO.) has a business presence. Levi Strauss Foundation giving is guided by a belief in empowering individuals and communities; a resolve to address social biases and inequalities and their impact on people and communities; and a commitment to work with other funders and encourage the collaborative efforts of its grantees. The Foundation's historic support for organizations that promote equality have included Project Change, an initiative to fight institutional racism in LS&CO. communities -- and organizations fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation such as Lambda Legal, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), and Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues.
About EILEEN FISHER EILEEN FISHER has been creating simple, timeless clothes for over 30 years. The collection consists of pure shapes in beautiful materials designed to work together effortlessly. As a socially conscious company, EILEEN FISHER is a pioneer in sustainable fashion and working to empower women and girls. Our clothes are sold at over 65 EILEEN FISHER retail stores, and 1,000 department and specialty stores internationally, as well as two RENEW stores, which feature gently worn and remade designs from our take-back program. EILEEN FISHER is the largest women’s fashion company to be a certified B Corporation, which means we voluntarily meet high criterion for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.
About Remake Established in 2016, Remake’s mission is to make fashion a force for good. With firsthand documentary footage and stories, Remake makes the invisible women who power the fashion industry visible. In addition, the company shares facts the fashion industry doesn’t want you to know and provides a solution on how to break up with fast fashion through curated edits, featuring products from their Remake approved brands list that respect both women and our planet. Since Remake’s beginning, they’ve been urging people to think about those who make their clothes with their #WearYourValues movement. For more information, visit https://remake.world/
About Net Impact Net Impact is a global community of students and professionals who aspire to be effective drivers of social and environmental change. Our programs—delivered from our headquarters in Oakland, CA, as well as globally through our 375+ chapters—connect our members to the skills, experiences and people that will allow them to have the greatest impact. With over 100,000 members, Net Impact takes on social challenges, protects the environment, invents new products and orients business toward the greater good. In short, we help our members turn their passions into a lifetime of world-changing action.
source: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/41156-Student-from-Duke-University-s-Nicolas-School-of-Business-Wins-Net-Impact-s-Inaugural-Wear-it-Wise-Campaign-Competition?tracking_source=rss
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eddiejpoplar · 7 years
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Tech Takedown: Separating the Vaporware from the Software and Hardware at CES
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is always a potpourri of the present and future, practical and fantastical. It’s where pragmatism and aspiration collide in a torrent of ones and zeros, where automakers unveil technologies destined for your next car with those that might never see the light of day—sometimes at the same booth.
I’ve canvassed the expansive Las Vegas Convention Center during CES for some 30 years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve developed, it’s a keen sense of being able to separate the big ideas from the BS. Here’s my take on the tech tales of CES18—good, bad, and otherwise.
Ford’s Self-Driving Future and Sync Present
Ford CEO Jim Hackett’s CES keynote was full of philosophical musings on the cities of tomorrow and taking the streets back from cars—although addressing the automaker’s stalled stock price wasn’t part of his pontification. Hackett and members of Ford’s executive team instead laid out their vision for autonomous and connected cars and how the company will use data and connectivity to make lives better for commuters. Less clear is how those developments will make money for the automaker.
Ford says it will leverage its recent investment in Autonomic, a mobility data firm, to create a Transportation Mobility Cloud. The automaker calls it an open platform for , which will allow third-party developers to build tailored apps around vehicle connectivity, route mapping, and more. Ford also announced a partnership with Qualcomm to develop cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) capability. The goal is to use 5G connectivity in order to allow cars, roadway infrastructure such as traffic lights, and the rest of the world that comprises the Internet of Things to communicate and share information.
Together, Ford envisions its mobility services platform and C-V2X communications system enabling autonomous vehicles to move around urban environments in high volumes, ultimately influencing the way people and goods get around. As part of this vision, Ford has also partnered with Postmates, an urban delivery service, to explore how self-driving technology could change the home-delivery business and help struggling brick-and-mortar retailers reach and retain customers.
More immediately, Ford wants to help drivers get out of a jam by becoming the first automaker to integrate the popular Google-owned Waze navigation and traffic app into its dashboards via Sync 3.
Toyota Saves Retail and Fuel
Toyota introduced one of the more ambitious CES visions with its e-Palette Alliance, part of the automaker’s Mobility Services Platform. (Notice a trend here?) The literal vehicle for the platform unveiled by CEO Akio Toyoda is called e-Palette, a kind of autonomous electric lorry. It looks similar to other autonomous shuttles, but Toyota says e-Palette is “scalable and customizable for a range of Mobility as a Service” applications.
Beyond providing autonomous ride-sharing—basically a small city bus, sans a driver—and creating a true mobile office for commuters, Toyota envisions e-Palette as an opportunity to save small brick-and-mortar retailers from being driven out of business by e-commerce giants like Amazon. During a presentation at CES, Toyota demonstrated how a local leather craftsman (complete with a hipster beard) could deliver from his workshop to customers’ doorsteps.
Get a fleet of e-Palettes together, and you could have a pop-up craft fair, festival, or concert almost anywhere. But for all the talk of helping small businesses and artisanal entrepreneurs, Toyota also announced that its e-Palette launch partners include Amazon, Pizza Hut, Uber, and Chinese ride-hailing service Didi along with Mazda, which will collaborate on vehicle planning and development.
While waiting for platoons of e-Palettes to hit the road, Toyota is readying its next-generation automated-driving research vehicle based on a Lexus LS 600h L. Toyoda also repeated the automaker’s commitment to have an alternative-fuel option for every model line by 2025, including offering more than 10 purely battery electric vehicles from 2020 forward.
Nissan Reads a Driver’s Mind
Nissan had one of the more bizarre CES innovations: brain-to-vehicle (B2V) technology. It uses electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brainwaves via a skullcap outfitted with electrodes in an effort to read a driver’s mind and intentions. If drivers think about hitting the brakes just before some jerk cuts them off, the car would know and ease off the throttle and pre-charge the brakes.
A driver’s thoughts could also alert, say, a blind-spot warning system that they want to change lanes before even activating a turn signal. And once human drivers are out of the equation and vehicles become autonomous, B2V tech could detect and analyze occupant discomfort levels and change the self-driving configuration of a robo-car to compensate.
With overall mobility investments approaching $100 billion over just the past five years, Nissan also announced at CES that, along with Renault and Mitsubishi, it will bet as much as $1 billion to fund mobility startups over the next half decade. The trio of automakers will invest as much as $200 million during the Alliance Venture fund’s first year to finance new developments in electrification, autonomy, connectivity, and artificial intelligence.
Mercedes-Benz is in the MBUX
While the Mercedes-Benz booth featured its forward-reaching Concept EQA and Smart Vision EQ concepts to demonstrate what it believes electric and autonomous mobility will look like in the future, the brand also used CES 2018 to unveil the Mercedes-Benz User Experience infotainment system (MBUX). It ditches its present kludgy COMAND controller for a touchpad in the center console and a screen that stretches from the instrument cluster to the center of the dash.
MBUX uses artificial intelligence technology to create what Mercedes calls an “intuitive operating system,” augmented by a new voice-activated assistant that can be summoned with the phrase “Hey, Mercedes.” Far from vaporware, Mercedes said it will introduce MBUX as standard equipment in the automaker’s next-generation compact car set to make its debut later this year.
Hyundai-Kia One-Two EV-HFC Punch
Hyundai and Kia have traded off participating at CES each year, but in 2018 the Korean auto brands occupied side-by-side booths to introduce new alternative-fuel crossovers. Hyundai unveiled its Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, which it says can go up to 370 miles between fillings and will be available in California later this year. Kia showcased its Niro EV concept, which will launch in 2020 and is reportedly good for 238 miles of range on a full charge, adding a battery electric offering to the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of the Niro already on sale.
Kia also promised to produce 16 hybrid, all-electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2025 and said it intends to operate a large-scale autonomous technology test fleet on public roads starting next year in a bid to commercialize Level 4 autonomous driving technology by 2021. Hyundai has also teamed with Cisco to introduce an Ethernet-based in-car connectivity architecture to create a bigger pipe for the large amounts of data that future vehicles will produce and to enable greater security. Although we’ve heard about in-car Ethernet for years, Hyundai boasted at CES that it will implement the technology into production cars in 2019.
Byton Busts a Move
One of the car companies with the most buzz at CES was Byton, another in a long line of Chinese EV startups. Byton says the range of its base model SUV with a single rear-mounted motor and 71-kW-hr battery pack is just under 250 miles, and a dual-motor version with a 95-kW-hr battery pack is good for 323 EV miles.. But it’s the reported price of the base model ($45,000) that had the media at CES calling the concept EV the latest China-based Tesla killer.
Although the exterior of the Byton concept is unremarkable, the interior screams future, with a 49-inch screen spanning the dash from door to door and a 10-inch screen embedded in the steering wheel just for the driver when the vehicle is in autonomous mode. Buttons? The Byton concept don’t need no stinking buttons. Functions are controlled by hand gestures with what the company calls Air Touch sensors.
Byton says the car will go on sale in the Chinese market next year and in the U.S. and Europe in 2020 (something else we’ve heard before). Next up is a Byton sedan and a utility vehicle using the same platform. But we can’t help but recall another Chinese EV startup, Faraday Future, which also caused a stir at last year’s CES before flaming out. And even though it’s a concept, the Byton vehicle on display at CES had elements that looked pieced together rather than ready for production.
Nvidia Hooks Up with Everyone
Nvidia is like the hot chick or hunk in high school that everyone wants to hook up with, and the high-flying chipmaker continued to woo automakers and connect with Tier 1 suppliers and other AV players in Vegas. Uber chose Nvidia to supply the AI computing system for its fleets of self-driving cars and trucks, and VW’s I.D. Buzz van will use Nvidia technology for driver-assist systems. Nvidia and VW also created a three-way with Aurora, a renowned team of autonomous engineers formerly from Google, Tesla, and Uber to develop Level 4 and Level 5 self-driving hardware.
Nvidia, German Tier 1 supplier ZF, and Chinese search giant Baidu are also creating a production-ready AI autonomous vehicle platform designed for China, the world’s largest automotive market. The collaboration is based on the new Nvidia Drive Xavier platform, ZF’s new ProAI car computer, and Baidu’s Apollo platform.
Baidu Moves at China Speed
Probably the only auto tech company that has more collaborators than Nvidia is Baidu, which has gathered more than 90 partners to help develop its Apollo self-driving platform. At CES, Baidu announced an Apollo 2.0 platform that will help the company develop self-driving cars at what the company calls “China Speed” and that it has partnered with four Chinese automakers to bring L4 autonomy to production vehicles in the next three years.
Baidu also announced new partnerships with Microsoft to leverage the software giant’s Azure cloud services in markets outside of China and with Udacity to launch autonomous driving online courses designed to help train the next generation of autonomous engineers and developers. Finally, Baidu announced it had pulled off the near impossible: the support of four highly competitive computing platforms from Intel, Nvidia, NXP, and Renesas for Apollo in 2018.
Here Is Everywhere
At CES 2017, digital mapping company Here connected with automakers and tech giants such as Intel, BMW, Mobileye, Pioneer, and Nvidia. At CES this year, Here was seemingly everywhere and with everybody. Just before CES, competing German Tier 1 giants Bosch and Continental announced each had acquired a 5 percent stake in Here and would use its maps for self-driving development, among other things. Here Mobility was also unveiled at CES. It aggregates and supplies white-label transportation services ranging from limos and Ubers to public transit ticketing for the travel industry and any business that moves people. Finally, Here unveiled a concept passenger app for Virgin Hyperloop One. The app lets you not only book an ersatz ride on the 700-mph vacuum tube transport but also includes information on public transit schedules and r from Performance Junk Blogger 6 http://ift.tt/2DQ8cvs via IFTTT
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6 Strategies to Boost Restaurant Profit in the Current Scenario
Restaurant Management ERP / By Trident Information Systems
Being hit by COVID 19, we all have been on different levels. Our financial, mental, and physical health have been tested. Everything shut down for months during the lockdown including restaurants. However, as everything unlocks, everything is getting back on track slowly but steadily. Restaurants have become more cautious of their health and put safety as their priority by wearing masks, maintaining social distance, and so on. With the help of Hospitality Software like LS Retail ERP, many restaurants can successfully cope with the agonizing unpredictability in society. 
These practices have affected industries like hospitality which is centered around human-to-human contact. Through this blog’s medium let us discuss various methods to boost your restaurant business in the current scenarios.  
#1 Upgrade Your Business to Cloud Hospitality Software and Pay Per Use  
Upgrading your business to the cloud and paying just for the services you use can save you a ton of money. Just get a reliable Hospitality Software like LS Retail Hospitality Software itself and get the services you need. It is hosted on and by Microsoft Azure which ensures bank-level security. Get custom-made services as per your business requirements and pay only for what services your restaurant requires such as Mobile POS, Real-time data reports, and Customer Behavior analysis via Power BI. If you wish to centrally manage your restaurant business, you can do that too. Backed up by a reliable Implementation Partner, you can easily train your staff to use these services and let them handle any technical issues you might end up crossing paths with. 
You no longer have to take up services your business doesn’t need just because they are ‘included’ in the package. For instance, if you wish to adopt the LS Retail POS but want to manage accounts in Silos, you are free to make customizations like that.  
#2 Hold Events and Workshops 
Events and workshops are one of the most underrated ways to boost your restaurant business. You can either tie up with different workshops or organize your own. It entirely depends upon your strategy and budget. You can boost your reach in both cases. Some examples are the bacon festival in California and the pizza fest in Italy. You can also organize something like this. Such events offer a golden opportunity to flaunt your delicacies and draw more customers. Make sure you have the relevant Hospitality Software to successfully handle the situation. 
#3 Enlist yourself with different Food Delivery Platforms 
Online food ordering is a boom these days, you might find yourself falling aback if you do not use online platforms to boost your customer reach. Being integrated into multiple channels can make communication with the customer more complex. It is advisable to implement Online Food Ordering Software for simplifying convenience, developing connections, and handling customer grievances. 
#4 Promote your Business Using Virtual Media  
Customers are attracted to what they see. Use this psychological fact to draw more of them. All you have to do is click some nice pictures of your food, enhance them a bit more and post them online. Apart from this, there are plenty of food bloggers who are monitoring socially active restaurants. They might either click pictures or use your clicked pickers for their food blogging. This will do a free promotion for you. Another technique is to create videos, having pandemics in effect, people have become even more health-conscious. You can post a video on your social media platform showing step-by-step how your cooking is complying with all the safety measures.  
#5 Strategize your Loyalty Programs 
Loyalty programs draw customers as honey draws bees to itself. Hit a home run with smarter loyalty programs. You can analyze your customer behavior and spending pattern, especially with cloud Hospitality Software. Ask them to enroll in your loyalty programs such as providing a 10% discount to customers who take up to 3 years of their membership. Or you can offer free beverages to customers who take up to 1 year of membership. Provide them coupons, rewards, and discounts when they revisit your restaurant. 
Apart from this, you can also offer gift vouchers to your customers during the festive season. In this case, restaurants that run a buffet system get the maximum profit. They can offer a second meal free, a free buffet dinner for a couple, and so on. These strategies not only boost sales but also retain customers.  
We recommend avoiding physical loyalty cards and going cashless with electronic loyalty membership cards. And managing your loyalty programs cannot even get on your nerves if you have been involved in this service in your Pay Per Use Model. Use CRM Software for Hospitality Industry to get your work done most efficiently. 
#6 Adopt Cloud Kitchen  
Cloud kitchens or ghost kitchens are in trend. This pandemic has boosted the trend to another level. Since it is a licensed cooking structure without a dine-in option available to prepare delivery-based food.  
It is the best cost-saving strategy as you do not have maintenance and operational costs. Additionally, you can create a cloud kitchen by collaborating with other restaurants. It is recommended to get a unified Cloud Kitchen Management Solution designed for the cloud kitchen to make your management even easier. LS Retail has been voted as the best Hospitality Software for Cloud kitchens so far. 
Final Words  
We have mentioned the top 8 strategies to boost your restaurant business in this challenging era, you can seek technical assistance and upgrade your business to the cloud. The best part is you do not even have to buy a full-fledged package since Pay Per Use is available these days. Microsoft provides just the Hospitality Software. Trident Information Systems has been one of the Gold Partners of Microsoft and LS Retail Diamond Partners and has served various brands since then. For further queries or a demo contact us.  
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Tech Takedown: Separating the Vaporware from the Software and Hardware at CES
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is always a potpourri of the present and future, practical and fantastical. It’s where pragmatism and aspiration collide in a torrent of ones and zeros, where automakers unveil technologies destined for your next car with those that might never see the light of day—sometimes at the same booth.
I’ve canvassed the expansive Las Vegas Convention Center during CES for some 30 years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve developed, it’s a keen sense of being able to separate the big ideas from the BS. Here’s my take on the tech tales of CES18—good, bad, and otherwise.
Ford’s Self-Driving Future and Sync Present
Ford CEO Jim Hackett’s CES keynote was full of philosophical musings on the cities of tomorrow and taking the streets back from cars—although addressing the automaker’s stalled stock price wasn’t part of his pontification. Hackett and members of Ford’s executive team instead laid out their vision for autonomous and connected cars and how the company will use data and connectivity to make lives better for commuters. Less clear is how those developments will make money for the automaker.
Ford says it will leverage its recent investment in Autonomic, a mobility data firm, to create a Transportation Mobility Cloud. The automaker calls it an open platform for , which will allow third-party developers to build tailored apps around vehicle connectivity, route mapping, and more. Ford also announced a partnership with Qualcomm to develop cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) capability. The goal is to use 5G connectivity in order to allow cars, roadway infrastructure such as traffic lights, and the rest of the world that comprises the Internet of Things to communicate and share information.
Together, Ford envisions its mobility services platform and C-V2X communications system enabling autonomous vehicles to move around urban environments in high volumes, ultimately influencing the way people and goods get around. As part of this vision, Ford has also partnered with Postmates, an urban delivery service, to explore how self-driving technology could change the home-delivery business and help struggling brick-and-mortar retailers reach and retain customers.
More immediately, Ford wants to help drivers get out of a jam by becoming the first automaker to integrate the popular Google-owned Waze navigation and traffic app into its dashboards via Sync 3.
Toyota Saves Retail and Fuel
Toyota introduced one of the more ambitious CES visions with its e-Palette Alliance, part of the automaker’s Mobility Services Platform. (Notice a trend here?) The literal vehicle for the platform unveiled by CEO Akio Toyoda is called e-Palette, a kind of autonomous electric lorry. It looks similar to other autonomous shuttles, but Toyota says e-Palette is “scalable and customizable for a range of Mobility as a Service” applications.
Beyond providing autonomous ride-sharing—basically a small city bus, sans a driver—and creating a true mobile office for commuters, Toyota envisions e-Palette as an opportunity to save small brick-and-mortar retailers from being driven out of business by e-commerce giants like Amazon. During a presentation at CES, Toyota demonstrated how a local leather craftsman (complete with a hipster beard) could deliver from his workshop to customers’ doorsteps.
Get a fleet of e-Palettes together, and you could have a pop-up craft fair, festival, or concert almost anywhere. But for all the talk of helping small businesses and artisanal entrepreneurs, Toyota also announced that its e-Palette launch partners include Amazon, Pizza Hut, Uber, and Chinese ride-hailing service Didi along with Mazda, which will collaborate on vehicle planning and development.
While waiting for platoons of e-Palettes to hit the road, Toyota is readying its next-generation automated-driving research vehicle based on a Lexus LS 600h L. Toyoda also repeated the automaker’s commitment to have an alternative-fuel option for every model line by 2025, including offering more than 10 purely battery electric vehicles from 2020 forward.
Nissan Reads a Driver’s Mind
Nissan had one of the more bizarre CES innovations: brain-to-vehicle (B2V) technology. It uses electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brainwaves via a skullcap outfitted with electrodes in an effort to read a driver’s mind and intentions. If drivers think about hitting the brakes just before some jerk cuts them off, the car would know and ease off the throttle and pre-charge the brakes.
A driver’s thoughts could also alert, say, a blind-spot warning system that they want to change lanes before even activating a turn signal. And once human drivers are out of the equation and vehicles become autonomous, B2V tech could detect and analyze occupant discomfort levels and change the self-driving configuration of a robo-car to compensate.
With overall mobility investments approaching $100 billion over just the past five years, Nissan also announced at CES that, along with Renault and Mitsubishi, it will bet as much as $1 billion to fund mobility startups over the next half decade. The trio of automakers will invest as much as $200 million during the Alliance Venture fund’s first year to finance new developments in electrification, autonomy, connectivity, and artificial intelligence.
Mercedes-Benz is in the MBUX
While the Mercedes-Benz booth featured its forward-reaching Concept EQA and Smart Vision EQ concepts to demonstrate what it believes electric and autonomous mobility will look like in the future, the brand also used CES 2018 to unveil the Mercedes-Benz User Experience infotainment system (MBUX). It ditches its present kludgy COMAND controller for a touchpad in the center console and a screen that stretches from the instrument cluster to the center of the dash.
MBUX uses artificial intelligence technology to create what Mercedes calls an “intuitive operating system,” augmented by a new voice-activated assistant that can be summoned with the phrase “Hey, Mercedes.” Far from vaporware, Mercedes said it will introduce MBUX as standard equipment in the automaker’s next-generation compact car set to make its debut later this year.
Hyundai-Kia One-Two EV-HFC Punch
Hyundai and Kia have traded off participating at CES each year, but in 2018 the Korean auto brands occupied side-by-side booths to introduce new alternative-fuel crossovers. Hyundai unveiled its Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, which it says can go up to 370 miles between fillings and will be available in California later this year. Kia showcased its Niro EV concept, which will launch in 2020 and is reportedly good for 238 miles of range on a full charge, adding a battery electric offering to the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of the Niro already on sale.
Kia also promised to produce 16 hybrid, all-electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2025 and said it intends to operate a large-scale autonomous technology test fleet on public roads starting next year in a bid to commercialize Level 4 autonomous driving technology by 2021. Hyundai has also teamed with Cisco to introduce an Ethernet-based in-car connectivity architecture to create a bigger pipe for the large amounts of data that future vehicles will produce and to enable greater security. Although we’ve heard about in-car Ethernet for years, Hyundai boasted at CES that it will implement the technology into production cars in 2019.
Byton Busts a Move
One of the car companies with the most buzz at CES was Byton, another in a long line of Chinese EV startups. Byton says the range of its base model SUV with a single rear-mounted motor and 71-kW-hr battery pack is just under 250 miles, and a dual-motor version with a 95-kW-hr battery pack is good for 323 EV miles.. But it’s the reported price of the base model ($45,000) that had the media at CES calling the concept EV the latest China-based Tesla killer.
Although the exterior of the Byton concept is unremarkable, the interior screams future, with a 49-inch screen spanning the dash from door to door and a 10-inch screen embedded in the steering wheel just for the driver when the vehicle is in autonomous mode. Buttons? The Byton concept don’t need no stinking buttons. Functions are controlled by hand gestures with what the company calls Air Touch sensors.
Byton says the car will go on sale in the Chinese market next year and in the U.S. and Europe in 2020 (something else we’ve heard before). Next up is a Byton sedan and a utility vehicle using the same platform. But we can’t help but recall another Chinese EV startup, Faraday Future, which also caused a stir at last year’s CES before flaming out. And even though it’s a concept, the Byton vehicle on display at CES had elements that looked pieced together rather than ready for production.
Nvidia Hooks Up with Everyone
Nvidia is like the hot chick or hunk in high school that everyone wants to hook up with, and the high-flying chipmaker continued to woo automakers and connect with Tier 1 suppliers and other AV players in Vegas. Uber chose Nvidia to supply the AI computing system for its fleets of self-driving cars and trucks, and VW’s I.D. Buzz van will use Nvidia technology for driver-assist systems. Nvidia and VW also created a three-way with Aurora, a renowned team of autonomous engineers formerly from Google, Tesla, and Uber to develop Level 4 and Level 5 self-driving hardware.
Nvidia, German Tier 1 supplier ZF, and Chinese search giant Baidu are also creating a production-ready AI autonomous vehicle platform designed for China, the world’s largest automotive market. The collaboration is based on the new Nvidia Drive Xavier platform, ZF’s new ProAI car computer, and Baidu’s Apollo platform.
Baidu Moves at China Speed
Probably the only auto tech company that has more collaborators than Nvidia is Baidu, which has gathered more than 90 partners to help develop its Apollo self-driving platform. At CES, Baidu announced an Apollo 2.0 platform that will help the company develop self-driving cars at what the company calls “China Speed” and that it has partnered with four Chinese automakers to bring L4 autonomy to production vehicles in the next three years.
Baidu also announced new partnerships with Microsoft to leverage the software giant’s Azure cloud services in markets outside of China and with Udacity to launch autonomous driving online courses designed to help train the next generation of autonomous engineers and developers. Finally, Baidu announced it had pulled off the near impossible: the support of four highly competitive computing platforms from Intel, Nvidia, NXP, and Renesas for Apollo in 2018.
Here Is Everywhere
At CES 2017, digital mapping company Here connected with automakers and tech giants such as Intel, BMW, Mobileye, Pioneer, and Nvidia. At CES this year, Here was seemingly everywhere and with everybody. Just before CES, competing German Tier 1 giants Bosch and Continental announced each had acquired a 5 percent stake in Here and would use its maps for self-driving development, among other things. Here Mobility was also unveiled at CES. It aggregates and supplies white-label transportation services ranging from limos and Ubers to public transit ticketing for the travel industry and any business that moves people. Finally, Here unveiled a concept passenger app for Virgin Hyperloop One. The app lets you not only book an ersatz ride on the 700-mph vacuum tube transport but also includes information on public transit schedules and r from Performance Junk WP Feed 4 http://ift.tt/2DQ8cvs via IFTTT
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MS Dynamics NAV/LS Retail Consultant/Implementation Specialist
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Case Study – NOC Ethiopia
Microsoft Dynamics 365 / By Trident Information Systems
Established in 2004, National Oil Ethiopia Plc (NOC) is excelling in the marketing of petroleum products in the country. It is the first indigenous oil marketer to have distinct service stations located throughout the country. 
NOC markets one of the leading lubricant brands commonly known as Chevron-Caltex Lubricants, as well as contribute to a major share in Ethiopia Oil Industry. It supplies over 100 lubricant grades for Industrial and Automotive applications. Additionally, the organization delivers other petroleum products such as LPG, Chemicals, Bitumen, and Petcock.  
The business delivers services to keep their customers going by delivering services in the most cost-efficient and effective manner. Their team is divided into retail and commercial units to profitably market their products and achieve effective customer services and market leadership in the gas sector of Ethiopia.  
The business aims at consistently improving its product and service offerings while expanding its business operations in Ethiopia and other African Countries. However, their current system was unable to comply with their requirements. Hence, they decided to contact Trident Information Systems for a suitable solution. After conducting thorough research, Trident found its core challenges and requirements and believed Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations will be the most suitable solution.   
Business Challenges 
The business was struggling with financial management and supply chain issues which included:  
Difficulty in figuring out the accurate volume of fuel transported in the truck.  
Tough time allocating charges on import purchase orders and knowing the landed cost on the inventory.  
Difficulty in allocating departmental costs and expenses. 
The manual approach to the regular activities caused redundancy and similar issues.  
Disparate systems and no real-time data availability hampered decision-making.  
Uncontrolled operations and compliances throughout the organization and vendors.  
Business Requirements 
The business needed a unified approach in the financial management of the business and required the following:  
To calculate the accurate fuel volume transported in trucks, know the losses and gains during the transit.  
To allocate charges on the import purchase order and to know the actual landed cost on inventory.  
Needed to identify departmental cost and expenses for actual cost allocations.  
Configure and customize the automation process for regular activities.  
Unified software solution for real-time data availability.  
Robust support of operations and compliances throughout the organization and vendor. 
Solutions Provided by Trident Information Systems 
After digging out the organization’s core challenges and requirements, Trident implemented Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain. Other benefits the solution provided include:  
DIP Measurement Process- as NOC uses Dip Measurement to calculate fuel volume transported in the truck to find out the losses and gains during the transit.  
Insightful reports and dashboards on financial transactions with D365 Finance and Supply Chain.  
Enhanced Process Automation.  
Captured all landed costs while adding them to the Inventory.  
A centralized view on operations, costing, compliances, and inventory.  
A sophisticated vendor management system.  
Benefits to Business 
After implementing Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain, NOC noticed a considerable change in their financial management and supply chain. Trident’s solution delivered the following benefits:  
The business could manage and schedule its resources in real-time and project costs accurately.  
NOC could identify the actual fuel volume transported in the truck to know the gains and losses during the transit.  
Their revenue was now managed more systematically and accurately.  
A centralized system for planning and project analysis could better control operations and compliance across the organization.  
Better vendor management and regulatory compliance.  
Advantages of Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain 
Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Supply Chain put flexibility and Scalability at the core of your business, allowing you to quickly grow, and adapt at your own pace. You can easily tailor and extend the application to meet your unique business or industry-specific needs. It can offer the benefits given below but not limited to:  
Supports critical operations throughout the business.  
Exceptional reporting functionality that allows businesses to collect data and assess situations right then and there.  
Microsoft backed and developed functionality to enable seamless integration within the enterprise.  
Enables in-depth accounting and financial functionality.  
Reduces IT maintenance load.  
It automates and streamlines the supply chain.  
Endorses innovation with a modern and adaptable platform.  
Streamlines asset management.  
Bottom line  
After struggling with successfully managing their expanding business’ finance and supply chain, NOC Ethiopia finally decided to contact Trident Information Systems for Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain solution. After the implementation, the business could witness benefits like optimum resource management and scheduling, systematic revenue management, centralized view of the entire supply chain, and so on. Trident is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Gold Implementation partner. Contact us for further information
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How Manufacturing Industry Transformed using Microsoft Dynamics 365
The future of manufacturing will be defined by the quality of investments companies are making today
In the not too distant past, efforts in manufacturing to optimize productivity and increase customer satisfaction were viewed as separate endeavors. Today, the convergence of physical and digital trends is disrupting these kinds of assumptions.
Manufacturers today care about integrated digital and physical systems, improved visibility, increased efficiency, additional flexibility, and lower costs. They want to connect equipment and factories, leveraging data from the factory floor to the customer call center to improve every aspect of their operations.
But this is just the beginning. Digitization is fundamentally changing the way manufacturers do business, enabling a customer-centric approach while optimizing operations. Digitally empowered manufacturers engage customers throughout the product lifecycle from design to field service. They sell value-add services to complement the product sales, opening new revenue streams and strengthening their customer relationships. And they are revolutionizing delivery of these differentiated services, using technology like augmented reality to combine the eyes of a technician in the field with the insights of an expert back at headquarters.
Capitalizing on these trends isn’t limited to large, well-resourced manufacturers. Across all kinds of manufacturing operations, the opportunity to digitize and transform your business has never been more accessible.
Imagine your business transformed
The Microsoft vision for supporting digital manufacturing embraces the seismic shifts in the industry today. We’ve created solutions that provide a unified and flexible approach across front office and production floor processes. Our approach enables transformation in six ways:
Optimize supply chain operations through better visibility and collaboration
By collecting, integrating, and visualizing global supply chain data worldwide, manufacturers gain better visibility into their operations from production to sales. For example, one of the world’s largest industrial automation firms found that by automating the collection and analysis of data from remote installations across the petroleum supply chain, they strengthened their competitive advantage with a faster time to market. Improved access to supply chain data is also the basis for better collaboration across production, supply, service, and sales.
Streamline the management of assets, products, and production
With a consolidated view that unifies process oversight and provides real-time insight, manufacturers can institutionalize efficiency gains and use connected devices to monitor and resolve issues remotely. One leading manufacturer of industrial robots enabled 24-hour continuous uptime using this approach. The additional insights into production and customer usage also allow manufacturers to provide value-added services like ongoing monitoring and proactive support.
Engage customers in powerful new ways
To deliver personalized and contextual engagement across any channel, manufacturers must provide customers with more visibility and build trust through fast and convenient responses. This engagement approach is built on a combination of predictive analytics, the ability  to deliver value-added services at scale, and guided or self-directed service that’s relevant to customer needs. With the implementation of a connected platform for sales through service, a leading home technology manufacturer not only solved potential problems remotely before customers ever felt the impact, but provided custom differentiated offerings based on unique customer usage and purchasing history.
Transform service centers into profit centers
Thanks to the ever-decreasing cost of IoT sensors, sophisticated mobile devices, and cloud-based data aggregation, manufacturers can improve service quality and margins by offering remote monitoring and proactive maintenance services that supplement break/fix support. By more intelligently coordinating technicians equipped with mobile and virtual reality tools, companies can leverage existing expertise and minimize costly engagements. A leading tire service and manufacturing company found that by combining customer records, technician availability, and back-end inventory in a single mobile-friendly system, it could provide a seamless user experience as well as improve its service delivery.
understand their business more deeply, from customer usage through supply chain sourcing and production. With IoT-enabled parts, assets, and products, manufacturers can gain the insights needed to innovate. Data from connected products and equipment can empower developers, engineers, and technicians to collaborate. For example, teams can identify overengineered or faulty components and track product usage in the field to improve future designs. When a leading information and communication technology company implemented remote monitoring, they decreased time to production as well as accelerated the cycle of innovation using a data-driven approach.
Empower employees to work more effectively
When a company can provide 360-degree views of customer assets and work order history, technicians are empowered by a better understanding of not only the job in front of them, but of other similar and successful field service engagements. This goes hand in hand with empowering service agents to provide instant feedback, using machine learning to find and follow similar cases for successful troubleshooting, and scheduling a visit or evaluation. A leading auto manufacturer wanted to save money by unifying their siloed customer service and customer engagement while providing employees with better tools to understand customer sentiment. To accomplish this, it implemented a system to connect production and project management with their customer relationship management systems in order to deliver personalized service and recommendations to their customers.
Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365
For manufacturers, Microsoft Dynamics 365 ends the artificial divide between CRM and ERP systems and supplements necessary capabilities with rich analytics, embedded intelligence, and the convenience people expect from consumer apps on their phone or tablet. Dynamics 365 unites the front office and the back office with a single end-to-end system for managing every aspect of your business, at the pace and scale that’s right for you. Digital transformation isn’t accomplished overnight and leveraging current investments is a key component of any successful approach. With Microsoft, you can optimize across all your processes while laying the foundation for connecting advanced technology in the future.
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How Manufacturing Industry Transformed using Microsoft Dynamics 365
Uncategorized / By Trident Information Systems
The future of manufacturing will be defined by the quality of investments companies are making today
In the not too distant past, efforts in manufacturing to optimize productivity and increase customer satisfaction were viewed as separate endeavors. Today, the convergence of physical and digital trends is disrupting these kinds of assumptions.
Manufacturers today care about integrated digital and physical systems, improved visibility, increased efficiency, additional flexibility, and lower costs. They want to connect equipment and factories, leveraging data from the factory floor to the customer call center to improve every aspect of their operations.
But this is just the beginning. Digitization is fundamentally changing the way manufacturers do business, enabling a customer-centric approach while optimizing operations. Digitally empowered manufacturers engage customers throughout the product lifecycle from design to field service. They sell value-add services to complement the product sales, opening new revenue streams and strengthening their customer relationships. And they are revolutionizing delivery of these differentiated services, using technology like augmented reality to combine the eyes of a technician in the field with the insights of an expert back at headquarters.
Capitalizing on these trends isn’t limited to large, well-resourced manufacturers. Across all kinds of manufacturing operations, the opportunity to digitize and transform your business has never been more accessible.
Imagine your business transformed
The Microsoft vision for supporting digital manufacturing embraces the seismic shifts in the industry today. We’ve created solutions that provide a unified and flexible approach across front office and production floor processes. Our approach enables transformation in six ways:
Optimize supply chain operations through better visibility and collaboration
By collecting, integrating, and visualizing global supply chain data worldwide, manufacturers gain better visibility into their operations from production to sales. For example, one of the world’s largest industrial automation firms found that by automating the collection and analysis of data from remote installations across the petroleum supply chain, they strengthened their competitive advantage with a faster time to market. Improved access to supply chain data is also the basis for better collaboration across production, supply, service, and sales.
Streamline the management of assets, products, and production
With a consolidated view that unifies process oversight and provides real-time insight, manufacturers can institutionalize efficiency gains and use connected devices to monitor and resolve issues remotely. One leading manufacturer of industrial robots enabled 24-hour continuous uptime using this approach. The additional insights into production and customer usage also allow manufacturers to provide value-added services like ongoing monitoring and proactive support.
Engage customers in powerful new ways
To deliver personalized and contextual engagement across any channel, manufacturers must provide customers with more visibility and build trust through fast and convenient responses. This engagement approach is built on a combination of predictive analytics, the ability  to deliver value-added services at scale, and guided or self-directed service that’s relevant to customer needs. With the implementation of a connected platform for sales through service, a leading home technology manufacturer not only solved potential problems remotely before customers ever felt the impact, but provided custom differentiated offerings based on unique customer usage and purchasing history.
Transform service centers into profit centers
Thanks to the ever-decreasing cost of IoT sensors, sophisticated mobile devices, and cloud-based data aggregation, manufacturers can improve service quality and margins by offering remote monitoring and proactive maintenance services that supplement break/fix support. By more intelligently coordinating technicians equipped with mobile and virtual reality tools, companies can leverage existing expertise and minimize costly engagements. A leading tire service and manufacturing company found that by combining customer records, technician availability, and back-end inventory in a single mobile-friendly system, it could provide a seamless user experience as well as improve its service delivery.
understand their business more deeply, from customer usage through supply chain sourcing and production. With IoT-enabled parts, assets, and products, manufacturers can gain the insights needed to innovate. Data from connected products and equipment can empower developers, engineers, and technicians to collaborate. For example, teams can identify overengineered or faulty components and track product usage in the field to improve future designs. When a leading information and communication technology company implemented remote monitoring, they decreased time to production as well as accelerated the cycle of innovation using a data-driven approach.
Empower employees to work more effectively
When a company can provide 360-degree views of customer assets and work order history, technicians are empowered by a better understanding of not only the job in front of them, but of other similar and successful field service engagements. This goes hand in hand with empowering service agents to provide instant feedback, using machine learning to find and follow similar cases for successful troubleshooting, and scheduling a visit or evaluation. A leading auto manufacturer wanted to save money by unifying their siloed customer service and customer engagement while providing employees with better tools to understand customer sentiment. To accomplish this, it implemented a system to connect production and project management with their customer relationship management systems in order to deliver personalized service and recommendations to their customers.
Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365
For manufacturers, Microsoft Dynamics 365 ends the artificial divide between CRM and ERP systems and supplements necessary capabilities with rich analytics, embedded intelligence, and the convenience people expect from consumer apps on their phone or tablet. Dynamics 365 unites the front office and the back office with a single end-to-end system for managing every aspect of your business, at the pace and scale that’s right for you. Digital transformation isn’t accomplished overnight and leveraging current investments is a key component of any successful approach. With Microsoft, you can optimize across all your processes while laying the foundation for connecting advanced technology in the future.
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Case Study: Taj Holding 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 / By Trident Information Systems
Taj Holding is an investment company based in Saudi and holds 19 companies across multiple sectors in different countries within the MENA region. Being a growth-oriented investment and holding group, it is consistently expanding in terms of industries and headcounts. At present, Taj operating firms have a total of 900 employees operating in industries like O&M, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, transportation and healthcare, architecture, retail, design and branding, F&B, etc. Taj looks forward to deploying a comprehensive ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system like Microsoft Dynamics 365 to support its vision of sustainable growth through integrated diversification. The need seems apparent with the company’s growth and increased stress in its house company – Nucorp.  
Nucorp provides shared services to all Taj operating firms and believes they can balance the load with a modern comprehensive ERP System. One of their companies, BESIDE, was already using an ERP solution tailored to their needs. However, they were using the older ERP version.  
After thorough research, Taj decided to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 in all of its companies and contacted Trident Information Systems to support them further. Our experts analyzed the business challenges and requirements to customize a perfect ERP solution. 
Business Challenges  
Due to increasing business size and headcounts, the business faced operational difficulties including: 
Inefficient finance and accounting management systems wouldn’t maintain accurate cash flow. 
The inability to handle increasing headcount efficiently caused tension and payroll issues.  
Difficulty in managing different warehouses, sites, and offices caused poor decision-making and delayed communication. 
Lack of flexibility in their current business management system would not support business growth.  
Poor scalability options for their constantly growing business caused business disruptions.  
Disparate systems caused a delay in operations, loss of data, and stress among the management. 
Poor workflow management due to lack of transparency, poor reporting, and inefficient cash flow management.  
Business Requirements 
Taj Holding believes a comprehensive ERP system can resolve all their challenges and provide much-needed flexibility and scalability. Their ideal customized ERP must include the following features:  
Core Finance and Accounting Module for their growing business.  
Human resource management module to manage 900 employees. 
The capability of supporting the future deployment of the business. 
Integration of other modules to meet specific needs of Taj operating companies.  
Integrated business processes within the organization and improved coordination among different departments.  
Automation of key back-end processes.  
Greater control and efficiency in manufacturing, trade, distribution, contracting, retail, and warehouse and inventory management optimization.  
Detailed reporting on customers, sales, and inventory.  
Integrated finance to optimize end-to-end back-office operations.  
Solution by Trident Information Systems –  
After analyzing and reviewing the overall challenges of Taj Holding, Trident proposed the given products for managing operations on one technology platform to get seamless integration among different entities, functions, and to have a single source of truth. We offered them two Microsoft Dynamics 365 products:  
Product 1: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations  
Product 2: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central  
Taj Holding’s business functions and requirements are grouped as follows:  
A single platform to handle all the operations of diversified business entities.  
Central server at head office to integrate seamlessly with all systems at different sites, warehouses, and offices. They can save cost and time with easier administration and maintenance jobs.  
Centralized masters (stock items, suppliers, customers, price lists, etc.) 
Real-time and accurate data analysis for more logical decision-making.  
Workflow and Management Authorization setup throughout all locations and business processes. 
A robust backend system on which the rest of the system can reside giving a single operating environment and seamless integration along with state-of-the-art backend ERP functionalities. 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operation is cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software, well suited for large-scale or diversified businesses. It allows you to track all your finance and inventory. Some of its specifications are given below:  
Capabilities: Unified global financials and operations to facilitate more informed and suitable decision-making. It has advanced capabilities across manufacturing, finance, supply chain, and operations. In addition to it, it has extra capabilities in HR, sales, projects, and customer services through a wider Dynamic 365 range with a full D365 plan.  
Analytics: With embedded Power BI (Business Intelligence), it provides rich analytics and reporting functionalities. 
Number of Users: It must have a minimum of 20 users.  
Ideal Organization Size: Organizations with over 200 workers must use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.  
HR, Payroll, and Administration: HR solutions like (Recruitment, talent acquisition, retention, training management, and performance management) are available out of the box. Payroll is the third-party ISV solution developed and designed on D365 Finance and operations. 
Core Finance and Accounting Module: It has advanced capabilities around logistics handling.  
Retail Management: Allows handling retail management out of the box. 
Manufacturing, Material, and Production Planning: It has advanced capabilities in Manufacturing (Product Lifecycle Management, Complex and Agile Manufacturing Support, Complex MRP (Material Requirement Planning) and MPS (Mass Production Schedule) Support, Highly Scalable solution) 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central  
Microsoft Dynamics Business Central is cloud-based, all-inclusive management software that allows customers to upgrade from their legacy ERP to a single, comprehensive solution. It managed finances, operations, sales, and customer services. It has a variety of specifications, which may include: 
Capabilities: It grows past your basic accounting software and integrates your business to aid more logical decisions.  
Analytics: BI tools including reporting, dashboards, and ad havoc analysis.  
Users: Even one user can use this system. 
Organization Size: Organizations with 50-200 employees can opt for this software.  
Payroll and Administration Specifications: Complete HR and payroll solutions will be third-party ISV solutions designed and developed on Dynamics 365 Business Central.  
Core Finance and Accounting Module: Business Central meets the requirements of Taj Holdings as per the current scope.  
Logistics, Inventory, and Product Management: Extensive logistics capabilities can be deployed with the Trident ISV logistics solution. Business Central meets the requirements of Taj Holding as per the currency scope.  
Retail Management: Advanced capabilities in handling retail and F&B solutions using LS Retail. As of today, combined solutions of Business Central + LS Retail called LS Central are not available in the GCC Region and might take 2-3 months. 
Manufacturing and Material & Production Planning: Business Central fulfils the current requirements of Taj Holding.  
How did Taj Holding Benefit from Microsoft Dynamics 365? 
Microsoft Dynamics 365, being a comprehensive ERP solution for SMBs and enterprises, empowered Taj Holdings to work effectively, manage change and compete globally. It made it easier to supervise all the businesses located in different countries. Some of the other benefits Taj Holding witnessed are as follows:  
Increased Productivity: With familiar, easy-to-use tools, role-tailored information, and task-enabled personnel to work faster and make smarter decisions.  
Managed Changed and Growth: Scaling became easier with a single ERP solution which supported their strategic initiatives and helped them manage the marketplace, like new product launches, mergers, and acquisitions.  
Global Competitive Edge: With a single ERP Solution, they could successfully manage the complexities of global organizations. It also helped them standardize processes and gain visibility across all their organizations while keeping on top of changes in local regulations.  
Simplified Compliance: Microsoft Dynamics 365 helped them comply with global regulations and reduced the risks and liabilities associated with corporate governance and customer initiatives.  
Automation with Cloud: Cloud infrastructure automated software deployment and provisioning, operational monitoring and reporting, as well as seamless lifecycle management.  
Different Microsoft Services: Dynamics 365 uses several Microsoft services to enable a “One Microsoft” solution where Taj Holding can manage a single sign-in, subscription management, and billing relationship with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Office 365, and other online services. 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 uses various features of the Azure platform such as Microsoft Azure Storage, monitoring, networking, and SQL Azure. This ERP Solution benefited Taj Holdings Tremendously. They could now scale easily and leverage the many benefits of Microsoft services. Since there are 19 different companies under them from different industries located in different countries, D365 made regulatory compliance easier for them. If you want to streamline your operations like Taj Holdings, you can Contact Trident Information Systems, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Gold Implementation Partner. 
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