Technology gives you an edge.
In Linnet we know that your most attractive and secure investment is to invest in friendly technology with "ROI" for your company, because you get: Reduce costs and increase the profit margin, through mobile solutions to control inventories and give traceability to...
Business Intelligence (“BI”) Technology.
The dizzying evolution of technology has impacted all areas of our lives, from health, education and entertainment to agriculture, manufacturing and all types of industry. Practically since the 1980s, the influence of technology has been relentless. From the...
Artificial Intelligence, the true digital revolution has arrived.
"I was designed to interact with living thinking beings, androids and machines" says the android C-3PO to R2-D2, "and I am a mechanical robot and navigation assistant", replies R2-D2 in a language with electronic sounds unintelligible to humans, in a scene from the...
Nokia, a lesson in innovation (part 3 of 3).
While it´s true that the financial community may value a company incorrectly at any given time, according to Benjamin Graham, over the long term it seems to have a more appropriate valuation (1). In addition, it is interesting to see the history of events next to...
Nokia, a lesson in innovation (part 2 of 3).
In the previous article we discussed Nokia's exciting rise to become the absolute leader in the mobile telephony market. Now we will review one of the most complicated stages a company can face, the loss of market leadership. Continuous improvement vs. innovation. At...
Nokia, a lesson in innovation (part 1 of 3).
To talk about Nokia is to talk about one of the most successful companies in the world. Its history of more than 100 years is exciting, full of sobering events. Especially its history in the telecommunications and cellular telephony market, which is the best known to...
Apple: A leader’s DNA of innovation.
In August 2018 Apple became the first U.S. public company to surpass the $1,000,000,000,000,000 mark in market capitalization (this is equivalent to $1 trillion U.S. dollars or $1,000 billion U.S. dollars in "Market Cap") (1). Why did the market value Apple in this...
The challenges of Industry 4.0 (part two).
In the first part of this article, we saw the dynamics of a "Smart Factory" (factory of the Industry 4.0 era). All the machines were connected and coordinated in an automated way to carry out the production of canned soft drinks up to the logistics to deliver the...
The challenges of Industry 4.0 (part one).
Industry 4.0 is the new industrial revolution that will transform manufacturing and business: Increasing productivity through optimization of all processes. Maximizing the useful life of equipment through more accurate predictive maintenance. Increasing the response...
Digitalization of the supply chain.
A story of collaborative design of the best solution. The plant was experiencing conflicts between the production, warehouse and logistics areas due to differences between what was produced, what was delivered and what was sent to the franchises. The Production...