infrastructure

Blockchain Technology and 5G Networks

Blockchain Technology and 5G Networks

the Power of Decentralized Networks
Katarina Adam
Even though the attention of the mass media has long since turned to other technologies, the significance of blockchain technology is crystallizing more and more clearly. This article briefly describes the technology and uses an application example to show how the use of blockchain technology in the telecommunications industry could be linked to the benefit of all. The fact that our Internet is becoming slower and slower in its existing structure due to the increasing number of accesses via mobile devices can be observed in streaming services, among other things. Progressive digitalisation is producing digital data on an unprecedented scale. The challenge is to secure this data in stable networks at high transmission speeds. Widely diversified networks, which are connected to each other in a decentralized manner, promise a remedy. These structures are very familiar with blockchain technology and it can be assumed whether this technology has the potential to fundamentally change ...
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 36 | 2020 | Edition 1 | Pages 15-18
Logistics in China – Chances, Challenges and Success for European Enterprises

Logistics in China - Chances, Challenges and Success for European Enterprises

Thomas Wimmer, Julia Bendul
Due to the economic boom the demand for transport and logistic services increases dramatically in China. Experts promise for the Chinese logistics market a more than three times faster growth than for the German market. China offers not only cheap work force. With the accession to the WTO in 2001 the Chinese government liberalizes the logistics market. After outsourcing abroad and the integration of Chinese suppliers into the worldwide supply networks thousands of companies follow to China to open up the huge interior market with products as well as transport and logistic services.
Industrie Management | Volume 24 | 2008 | Edition 1 | Pages 39-42
Customer-coherent and Customer-inherent Configuration in Mass Customization

Customer-coherent and Customer-inherent Configuration in Mass Customization

Thorsten Blecker, Herwig Dullnig, Franz Malle
Today, in many industries the customer demands on products and services change rapidly. Most customers expect individualized products at simultaneously low costs and delivery times. Therefore, many enterprises attempt the strategy of Mass Customization (MC). The result is a variant-rich production process which causes complex prerequisites for the enterprises. This contribution shows an infrastructure for the transfer of customer specifications in the MC.
Industrie Management | Volume 19 | 2003 | Edition 1 | Pages 21-24