Re:Adafruit interviews Siemens re SupplyFrame, the future of...
by dandelany on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:10PM
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Just guessing, but something like:
1. Network - just as you describe. Freemium/ad revenue. Low $/High volume
2. Platform - sell data derived from Network to manufacturers, eg. “Part X is increasingly popular and likely to go out of stock” or “part Y is a popular alternative to X”. Medium $/medium volume
3. Send them your BOM and pay consultancy rates and they’ll use 1 & 2 to make direct recommendations like “you’ll save 4 cents by replacing X with Y and reduce risk by sourcing Y from supplier Z”. High $/high touch/lower volume but they’re probably killing it right now in this arena during the chip shortage.
1. Network - just as you describe. Freemium/ad revenue. Low $/High volume
2. Platform - sell data derived from Network to manufacturers, eg. “Part X is increasingly popular and likely to go out of stock” or “part Y is a popular alternative to X”. Medium $/medium volume
3. Send them your BOM and pay consultancy rates and they’ll use 1 & 2 to make direct recommendations like “you’ll save 4 cents by replacing X with Y and reduce risk by sourcing Y from supplier Z”. High $/high touch/lower volume but they’re probably killing it right now in this arena during the chip shortage.