Deploying IoT in Grocery Stores

A Conversation with Guy Yehiav & Hsing-Yi Hsieh

Hello readers!

In this two-part episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Guy Yehiav, President of SmartSense by Digi, and Hsing-Yi Hsieh, Director of Food Protection and Regulatory Affairs at Festival Foods, join Ryan Chacon to explore deploying IoT solutions in the grocery industry from both the provider and customer perspective!

In This Episode

  1. The IoT deployment journey from both the provider's and the customer's perspectives, highlighting unique challenges and insights.

  2. How SmartSense by Digi leverages IoT for condition monitoring in industries like grocery, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare, enhancing efficiency and safety.

  3. The critical role of IoT in maintaining food safety, reducing waste, and improving facility management through continuous monitoring.

  4. The adoption process of IoT solutions, including the importance of choosing the right partner and the impact of technology on operational practices.

  5. The value of IoT in driving data-driven decisions, improving asset management, and fostering innovation across various sectors.

Two Perspectives on IoT Deployment

Meet Guy Yehiav

Guy Yehiav is the President of SmartSense by Digi, an IoT solution for the nation's largest pharmacy retailers, food retailers, and food service companies. Guy leads strategy, direction, development, and implementation of enterprise solutions. Over his 25-year career, Guy has built a reputation as a highly respected executive known for creating a culture of innovation and inclusion while embracing new customers and pursuing vertical markets.

Previously, he was General Manager and Vice President of Zebra Technologies, where he led organic and non-organic growth, M&A activities, leadership strategy, and customer success for the company’s Zebra Analytics business unit. He has also held senior positions at Oracle and was a founder and executive board member of Demantra, which was acquired by Oracle in 2006. Guy holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and industrial management from Shenkar College of Israel and an MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson College.

SmartSense by Digi, a business unit of Digi International, is a leading global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) Sensing as a Service solutions that deliver dynamic and personalized asset monitoring, process digitization, and digital decisioning across key verticals. The company enables organizations to leverage the power of IoT automation, prescriptive workflows, and insightful analytics to ensure compliance, workforce productivity, brand loyalty, loss prevention, and reduction of waste and energy consumption. Combining new and innovative data-driven approaches with world-class IoT tools, SmartSense partners with enterprises to elevate their business outcomes and asset protection to new heights.

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