Posts Tagged ‘Industrial Revolution’

Back from the Future

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 by Fabio Carati

The Industrial Revolution has changed our lives. What did we lose from it? And what was its impact on our world?  

 

Before the Industrial Revolution, we lived and worked in the same place where we knew everyone; we worked in little communities, in factories, or for ourselves as a craftsman. Our job and the personal life were integrated.

 

Now we don’t live in the same place where we work; our job and the personal life are no longer integrated.

 

The Industrial Revolution effects are so entrenched in our society that it is difficult to think of a completely different model and not take the way we live for granted.

 

The question is: with new technologies and services, is it possible to recover some of the life’s experiences, the traditional lifestyle, and also to improve the progress and the economic wealth along with a more balanced lifestyle?

 

I think so; the Internet of Services and the Internet of Things could do it.

 

I think that decentralized production and the shift from products to services will bring consequences to the market and to the organizational structure.

 

For instance, in a global world perspective, telepresence technology may enable people to work from their home. There will no need to go to the office.

 

 

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In the future, the home and the work place will be the same in many cases; work time and leisure time will be more flexible; many people will work directly from their home during the night time and may be connected to any country and at anytime.

 

The maintenance of products and services will be done with social CRM directly by workers located in different countries; call centers and CRM services will be directly exposed on the network and they will be offered like SaaS (software as a service); people will live different experiences on the job; probably workers will have their bosses and their colleagues located in other countries.

 

Organizations will cooperate in an innovative way called Business Ecosystems to acquire new business opportunities. This cooperative model of network organizations is enabled by new technologies and services like SOA, the web 2.0, service exposure, web 3.0 and by a new cooperative culture that creates new value to the whole business ecosystem.

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Will the industry be reshaped by web 2.0 and web 3.0?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 by Fabio Carati

My opinion is yes; why do I say this?
Because technology has always played an important role in changing the industry.
Just think about the Industrial Revolution during the XVII and early XVIII centuries…
Before the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing was done using hands and simple tools; people lived and worked at home in rural areas. The goods were sold at the stores of the town. The Industrial Revolution began during the XVII century and led to a great efficiency in the production of goods. This efficiency was enabled by two factors: power-driven machineries and new transportation systems. The technology of power-driven machine changed the economic system.
The weaving machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving was produced at the end of the XVII century. By 1835, the Great Britain had about 120.000 looms powered by steam engines. Most of them were used to weave the cotton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_mill. The steam engine was the new mechanical horse of the Industrial Revolution. By 1830, steam engines were present in all machines. The coal and the iron were the raw materials, enabling this kind of technology. Hjerl Hede, krosno tkackie, ubt.jpeg

The growth of the Industrial Revolution was also due to the possibility of transporting raw materials and finished goods for long-distance places. Waterways were the streets to transport coal and iron. By the mid of the 19th century, steamboats carried raw materials and finished products across the Atlantic Ocean.

In the first quarter of the XVIII century, new technologies for road building, using large flat stones made the road distribution more efficient. Orders, goods, money, raw materials were moved faster and simpler.

The Industrial Revolution resulting from technology innovation in different areas changed the economic, political and social conditions and our society has been shaped by this revolution. Now, we are experiencing a new wave of technologies that is changing our Business and Social Ecosystem. Now, our raw materials are Silicon, SW technologies, IP technologies, and our roads are the mobile and fix networks.

Now, new technologies like small and cheap 3D prints, new micromachines and microrobots can be connected and programmed with different functions based on customer’s profile. Communications all over the world can enable functions like telemetry and SW update in real time.

How can the distribution chain be changed? How can the shopping experience be changed? How will these technologies change the products? What will be the impact on different areas of the economy like media, production, terminals, home services, distribution, shops?

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