Intelligent pallets, efficient routes and connected vehicles: when it comes to logistics processes, companies use IoT solutions from Deutsche Telekom to lower costs and improve their service. At building service provider AVANT, the mobile cleaning teams use GPS trackers to plan more efficient routes. This simultaneously lowers fuel consumption and increases customer satisfaction.

IoT solutions minimise downtime and increase productivity in the manufacturing industry. At motor and ventilation system manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg, for instance, sensor-based predictive maintenance systems ensure that operations must not be interrupted as often to perform repair work.

The Internet of Things also makes car manufacturers more productive. Fitters at the BMW plant in Leipzig save time by ordering components from the warehouse via an IoT Service Button, which is connected via a mobile network – and inventory lists are also automatically kept up to date.

More security, better climate and lower heating costs: IoT solutions from Deutsche Telekom help optimise how buildings are used. At facility management service provider ISS, sensors record data on how rooms are used, as well as on the air quality, thereby enabling ISS to save heating costs and create a better climate.

The retail sector uses the Internet of Things to develop new, digitalised business models. For example, drink delivery service flaschenpost uses hand scanners linked to a mobile network to help the employees quickly pick ordered goods and find the fastest route to the customer. This approach enables the company to ensure that drinks are always delivered in under two hours.