Will Internet of Things Support Future Supply Chains?

Material Handling & Logistics

As industrial smart devices are connected to the Internet and provide useful data, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to improve an organization’s performance and efficiency. It also has great value to bring to the supply chain.
Connectivity can include a company’s transportation assets, industrial equipment, products made, and even the containers that carry products across a supply chain. With that connectivity comes a great deal of data. And what you do with that data is where the value comes in.
ARC Advisory group explored the topic and came to a few conclusions: …

ERCOT power market ‘balanced on a razor’s edge’

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Calpine exec says ERCOT power market ‘balanced on a razor’s edge’
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas wholesale power market is “balanced on a razor’s edge” as the region’s “economic reserve margin” slides to near 10%, Steven Pruett, Calpine’s chief commercial officer, said Friday.
During Calpine’s fourth-quarter 2014 earnings call with analysts, Pruett said the company, one of the largest generators in ERCOT, stands to benefit as the economic reserve margin — “the reserve margin beyond which point resources are dispatched at scarcity prices” — has been slipping without …