Mar Pizza, one of the largest business owners of Domino's Pizza franchises, is installing an Internet of Things system with ZigBee-based technology from Unified Office to manage temperatures at its approximately 70 restaurants.

Analyst Insight: Internet of Things (IoT) and smart product resellers connect industry networks to the customer. They offer service in addition to supply, and are familiar with product demonstrations, try-before-you-buy deals, how to handle product version changeovers, and many more practicalities of doing business. By 2020, these resellers will need new tools to simplify the buying process because they will be selling to the majority, not just to early adopters. - Peter Thorne, director, Cambashi Ltd.

Analyst Insight: End-to-end supply-chain visibility is one of the top five pain points facing executives in modern global supply chains. It allows supply-chain trading partners to visualize, share, collaborate and manage every aspect of supply chain processes, from raw materials to end customers. While businesses put resources towards improving supply-chain visibility, they find it is difficult to attain without connection to a value network that fosters sharing among stakeholders and good, quality information. Simply put, for a business to sustain growth in the current volatile business environment, executives need end-to-end supply-chain visibility to gain insights into activities they don’t control. - Cindi Hane, vice president of product management, Elemica