A description of three companies with interesting IoT use cases as found during the Mobile World Congress 2019.

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INTERESTING IoT
USE CASES AT MWC19

2. THINFILMS
Provides solutions centered around printable NFC-technology that makes
physical products and packages smarter.
CORE USE CASES
Brand engagement
Allows users to access contextual information about a product by simply tapping the
phone on the NFC chip placed on the product. This allows for the customer to engage
with the brand, include social sharing elements and get access to useful information
quickly. It could also include more functional solutions such as fast reordering.
Brand protection
Decrease risk of counterfeit by placing a NFC string over a parcel. If the parcel is
tampered with during shipment, the NFC will indicate the breach. This
works throughout the logistics process (manufacturing, to POS (Point of Sales), to
customer), much because of the NFC technology that is easily accessible for both
customers and companies (according to Statista: there were over 1.9 Billion
NFC-enabled devices in 2018, an increase of almost 700% compared to 2014).
According to Thinfilms, NFC tap increases the
engagement with a brand by 300% compared to
companies who do not use it. Increased market
adoption, retention and revenue, decreased
counterfeit cases.
Built on a technology that is easily accessible to both
end-customers and within a business environment.
Partnered with Jones Packaging to create the fastest
NFC production protocol in the industry.
Easy access to contextual and informative information
about a product. It also allows for easier reordering
and ensuring authentical products.
DESIRABILITY
VIABILITY
FEASIBILITY

3. FLEET COMPLETE
Provides a fleet management solution that helps companies understand,
analyze and action fleet data such as usage, training and similar.
CORE USE CASES
Fleet optimisation
Monitors and reports fleet-related data such as fuel consumption, routes, freight
management and maintenance need in real time. The data is used to optimise fleets
through suggesting more efficient routes, decreasing service downtime through
predictive maintenance, and also improving customer experience by proactively
communicating delayed shipments.
Regulation compliance
Monitoring data points related to associations such as IFTA (International Fuel Tax
Association), FSMA (Food Service Management Association) and regulations such as
HOS, (Hours of Service), to automatically create requested reports and thereby
enabling businesses to stay compliant.
Driver safety & training
Providing drivers with real-time, contextual information, such as traffic situations, best
routes, potential service needs, etc. to increase the drivers’ safety and efficiency.
Increase operational efficiency related to fuel
consumption, decrease downtime, semi-automatic
report creation, etc.
Implementation of hardware in the manufacturing
process of cars. Cloud based and scalable.
Empower drivers to drive safer and more efficiently,
decrease amount of “low value” tasks, such as data
entry for reports to regulatory associations. Create a
better service by proactively communicating delays to
end-customers.
DESIRABILITY
VIABILITY
FEASIBILITY

4. BUDDY
Provides cloud-based services for tracking and reporting on all the
aspects of a building facility.
CORE USE CASES
Critical infrastructure monitoring
Monitor and trigger real-time notifications if a machine of critical importance to
business operations (such as a fridge or pump) is behaving unnaturally to ensure a
repairman is being sent before the machine breaks, thereby avoiding expensive
downtime.
Monitor and visualise building energy management data
Decrease cost and building energy consumption by automatically turning light and
water on and off. Send contextual notifications if something happens, set building
wide saving goals and have end-consumers engage with the change by providing
real-time data.
Simplified compliance reporting
Automatic reporting on data that property owners are obliged to report upon related
to energy management (such as overall energy consumption divided per source, etc.).
Clear ROI related to the decreased energy costs and
system downtime. Predictive maintenance with the
target to own the full ecosystem through managed
services. Decrease risk of fines from being
non-compliant with regulatory authorities.
Well-structured big data cloud, security by design
through an enclosed IoT network, scalable technology
stack for their free of charge mBaaS (mobile Backend
as a Service).
Empower employees to take informed decisions and
focus on high-value tasks (such as solving problems,
repairing material) rather than potential low-value
tasks (such as spending time finding the solutions).
DESIRABILITY
VIABILITY
FEASIBILITY