One cornerstone of Supply Chain 4.0 is known as Industry 4.0. Let's look at how China, and specifically Haier, has joined the emerging development of the factory of the future. We've translated the following article by Luo Chao from Chinese to English, which was originally published on Baidu Baijia. Read more about Supply Chain Service [...]
‘Smart’ appliances are forcing engineers to rethink age-old product designs For the last 100 years, dryers, ovens, refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances have performed the same basic functions, such as keeping food hot or cold and getting clothes wet and dry. But, a new breed of “smart” appliances is emerging, thanks to advanced [...]
SHENZHEN, China – May 10, 2016 – HWTrek (Hardware Trek), the global open innovation platform for hardware creation, announces the completion of its largest and most successful Asia Innovation Tour yet. The tour took place in Shenzhen and Beijing, China and offered hardware companies from across the globe an opportunity to become better acquainted with [...]
2015 was a great year for HWTrek. We raised a Series A round of funding. We opened our Shenzhen office. We’ve more than doubled our team. We brought an awesome group of 30 hardware creators and accelerators from around the world to Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen to meet 500 manufacturing and supply chain experts. We took [...]
HWTrek sponsored 30 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2015 in August—and also in April 2014. We’re doing it again this spring. Register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to apply to join the next Asia Innovation Tour 2016 cohort destined to meet manufacturing industry experts, see assembly lines, and gain [...]
HWTrek sponsored 30 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2015 in August—and also in April 2014. We’re doing it again this spring. Register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to apply to join the next Asia Innovation Tour 2016 cohort destined to meet manufacturing industry experts, see assembly lines, and gain [...]
HWTrek sponsored 30 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2015 in August—and also in April 2014. We’re doing it again this spring. Register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to apply to join the next Asia Innovation Tour 2016 cohort destined to meet manufacturing industry experts, see assembly lines, and gain [...]
What happens when online collaboration meets supply chain management? A whole slew of hardware startups. I've written about the dawning age of the hardware startup. Cheap, fast prototyping and inexpensive sensors have put hardware development in the hands of everyone with access to CAD software and a makerspace. But prototyping a cool gadget does not [...]
SAN FRANCISCO and AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2016 -- HWTrek (Hardware Trek), the global open innovation platform for hardware creation, today announced the launch of ten partner programs designed to address the specific challenges faced by hardware startups to accelerate early stage Internet of Things (IoT) device project development. HWTrek's partner solutions and programs offer a platform [...]
HWTrek sponsored 30 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2015 in August—and also in April 2014. We’re doing it again this spring. Register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to apply to join the next Asia Innovation Tour 2016 cohort destined to meet manufacturing industry experts, see assembly lines, and gain [...]