Posts by: Tim J. Smith, PhD
Making phone calls is one of the few constants with respect to selling in business markets. When businesses sell low-cost goods in…
MoreAs discussed in our recent article, new business requirements in automatic meter reading (AMR) has increased market demand for AMR and repositioned…
MoreChallenging conflicts exist between the desire to institutionalize past accomplishments and the need to create of new ones. While it remains appealing…
MoreFor most of the 20th century, reading utility meters had been a mundane process. Meter readers traversed neighborhoods, examined dials, and recorded…
MoreTo take on the role of leadership can be like putting oneself in-front of the moving train. In this rather uncomfortable analogy,…
MoreThe wireless telecommunications revolution continues at a fast clip in areas that many of us never notice. We rarely think of the…
MoreThis summer I had the pleasure of visiting Cesky Krumlov, a Renaissance city in southern Bohemia, now a part of the Czech…
MoreThe Automated Meter Reading (AMR) industry is big stuff. During the past decade, advances in radio frequency (RF) technology, software, and powerline…
MorePre-paid metering for utility services is a win-win-win proposition. Prepaid meter makers such as AMPY (www.ampy.co.uk) and Landis + Gyr (www.landisgyr.com) directly…
MoreWhen a utility purchases an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) system, they are making a very significant investment. Because of the size of…
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