AWS for Industries

In part one of this series of blog posts, Why CPGs and Logistics Vendors Need a Fleet Management Data Lake, we explained why CPGs and logistics vendors need a data lake for transportation and fleet management. To quickly recap, a data lake is an ideal way to store, manage, and analyze transportation and fleet data […]

We invite you to join us at the AWS Virtual Village from June 28 through July 1 at Mobile World Congress 2021. AWS is hosting a free, immersive virtual conference to bring you the latest insights into how the telecom industry is transforming. Together, we are reinventing communications and enabling communications service providers (CSPs) to […]

Introduction Keeping wind turbines operational also means keeping them well maintained. One of the steps in maintenance is regular visual inspection. Wind farm operation and maintenance companies started to utilize drones with attached cameras to perform visual inspections. According to a recent study, drone-based inspection reduces costs by up to 70% and decreases revenue lost […]

Demand disruption has been a huge challenge for consumer packaged goods (CPG) supply chain management in 2020, and it will continue to be a big issue going forward. As we discussed in an earlier blog post, Data-driven Demand Planning: Managing Disruption in CPG with ML and Demand Sensing, one part of solving supply-chain demand disruption […]

Mapbox is the platform for location – an AI map built from billions of sensors. Developers use Mapbox APIs and SDKs to add live location into their applications. This includes maps, navigation, and search services to mobile and web applications, logistics networks, and automotive navigation systems. The Mapbox AI-powered AWS Data Pipeline processes over 300 […]

Many consumer packaged goods (CPGs) companies have been eyeing a move into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space as a way to boost sales, increase market share, and get closer to consumers. This shift to a DTC model means that most CPGs need to collect first-party data and, in many cases, overhaul or transform their website and […]

Historians have traced our practice of using the wind to power machines all the way back to first-century Alexandria. Since then, windmills have been helping people all over the world to get work done—from grinding corn and flour to pumping water. And we’ve been using wind turbines for generating electricity for over 130 years. Just […]

About half the world’s population has no access to basic healthcare. There are a number of reasons for this, including poverty, language barriers, and geography. Even in the United States, millions of people—particularly in rural areas—live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest hospital. This makes it difficult for them to get critical care […]

You’re at a friend’s house and see a Moroccan ottoman in their living room that is exactly what you’ve been looking for. “I love it,” you say, hoping that your friend will tell you where they bought it. Instead, your friend says, “It was a gift from my uncle who spent six months traveling through […]

Picking up food at a drive thru provides speed and convenience—but it can sometimes be stressful. When it’s your turn to order, you have to choose from dozens of menu items, trying to find exactly what you want, as the line of hungry drivers grows longer (and more impatient) behind you. What if, when you […]