Business & Industry
Digital Transformation 2022
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Advanced digital agility sensing as a response to dynamic consumer needs
Companies are urged to think differently about their marketing and sales operating models and undergo a digital transformation to keep pace with how their consumers engage with brands. Sector observers believe some organisations are slow to align themselves with the way customers use digital media channels to browse, shop and buy. Unless these organisations undertake...
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Better and faster parcel delivery coming our way in the UK
Consumers will see changes in the way they receive post and parcels as the sector embraces a digital transformation in the next few years. The parcel and courier services sector is undergoing a digital transformation to improve efficiencies and dramatically change the consumer experience. Industry observers point to a future where technology will play a...
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The smart steps needed to close a 1.5 trillion-euro transport investment gap
Three principles should be followed to put net zero infrastructure at the heart of smart cities. With transport activity (much of it concentrated in urban settings) currently accounting for around a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions across the EU, decarbonisation of our land, air and sea networks mark a pressing priority for any city looking...
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Transforming cities with big data in Latin America and the Caribbean
Digital technologies bring big increases in data flows. They also bring more capacity to process data to plan, monitor and assess policies that co-create innovative solutions involving government, academia and companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past decade, municipal governments have become more aware of the power of data to make service...
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Councils and the cloud: streamlining services and saving costs
Local authorities are switching to cloud-based digital solutions to improve efficiency and better serve their citizens. In a post-pandemic era where citizens expect more online interaction with local governments, new approaches can help councils provide services more quickly and cost-effectively. Against a backdrop of budgetary constraints and the cost of living crisis, industry observer Kris...
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How smart technology can be used as an enabler for net zero cities
The smart city narrative has flipped. In the face of the climate emergency, the focus is now on ‘sustainable and inclusive’ cities — and how these can be enabled with smart tech. The narrative around ‘smart cities’ has changed. Previously, the focus was on how new technology — such as the Internet of Things, artificial...
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New business programme is helping to support the growth of smaller firms
Small and medium companies are being given a new lease of life via an innovative programme designed to help businesses grow. Executive leaders from small and medium-sized companies have seen their organisations flourish after support from an innovative business programme. For a number of participating entrepreneurs, their companies were established, but they retained a feeling...
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Smart cities have the potential to transform urban life for disabled people
From train stations that lack step-free access to uneven pavements, city places and spaces are strewn with barriers that can stop disabled people from participating fully in society. The lack of accessibility can make it difficult to do things non-disabled people might take for granted — such as meeting with friends; using healthcare, education and...
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‘Smart’ city diplomacy can better connect global and local
City smartness cannot be measured only by the level of digitalisation of services. As defined by UNECE, ‘people-smart’ cities are those providing the “necessary conditions and infrastructure to enhance the capabilities of their citizens to contribute to, and enjoy the benefits of, a more liveable, resilient and sustainable urban development.” In short, digital transformation is...
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How developing countries can benefit from an e-mobility revolution
Electrification of transport is one of the most talked about instruments to set the world on a net zero carbon trajectory. An e-mobility revolution can’t come soon enough for growing cities around the world, where health complications from poor air quality contribute to nearly 8 million years of life lost annually. Long-term investment Electric vehicles...