The growing importance of technology poses a number of challenges to be overcome in 2022
Technology continues to be the key to development and innovation in different fields and sectors. The need to resort to it has increased as a result of the pandemic we are still experiencing, so its role has grown exponentially.
This has led more and more people to realize the importance of investing in technological development and implementing digital solutions. Against this backdrop, it is important to know the challenges facing technology this new year and what are the most important ones.
5G technology applied to logistics
A major challenge for this new year is to get telecommunications infrastructures successfully developed and expanded to enable the massive arrival of 5G.
Thanks to this technology, it will be possible to enjoy a greater speed of response and action. Thus, it will be possible to carry out activities in real time and implement and develop advances based on the cloud. This is a great benefit for the development of other technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, Big Data or IoT.
IoT and the new logistics
The internet of things is a technology that has already consolidated its position as a pioneer due to the different functionalities it offers. Its application in different areas and devices has led to the emergence of concepts such as smart home or smart city.
The first refers to the use of IoT in devices and objects that facilitate day-to-day life at home and in companies. For example, through software and virtual assistants that enable appliances to be turned on and off remotely or identify which items and where they should be repositioned when entering a warehouse and passing through an RFID checkpoint.
The second concept takes advantage of this technology to make cities more efficient and safer by optimizing and improving the management of their resources.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the logistics sector
It is undeniable the great presence of AI in everyone's daily life. From the personalization that comes from the recommendations and advertising that the internet shows us to voice assistants or chatbots, there are many activities in which it can be implemented to facilitate and streamline operations.
The challenge for this new year 2022 is that its use goes beyond the digital environment and can help in industrial processes such as robot programming or the automation of different sectors such as transport and logistics. This, in addition, has the added advantage of relieving workloads and improving performance.
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain
The flexibilization of payment methods has given rise to the emergence of alternatives to conventional money. This is the case of cryptocurrencies. Although their volatility and the lack of regulation around them is slowing down their presence in the markets, users are beginning to place their trust in them.
The challenge now is to stabilize their use so that governments begin to accept them. They have great potential because, although for the moment only El Salvador has recognized them as legal tender, they are a well-known alternative throughout the world.
In short, technology continues to grow and with it comes a multitude of possibilities and fields of application that will benefit greatly in 2022.
Consultant in Logistics and Supply Chain Technologies
