Prodea Case Studies Selling more with Whirlpool

	Selling more with Whirlpool Prodea

Selling more with Whirlpool

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Electrical Grids
Challenge	Whirlpool wanted to add connectivity to appliances and transform the company's relationship with customers. Traditionally, Whirlpool interaction with customers was limited to purchases made once every ten years. Connected washer and dryers provide exciting new features like remote management of start times and inter-machine communication. Read More
About Customer	The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. The Fortune 500 company has annual revenue of approximately $21 billion, 100,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers Read More
Customer Name	The Whirlpool Corporation Read More
Solution	Whirlpool partnered with Arrayent to bring connectivity to their new Smart Grid appliances. Arrayent Connect provided a low-cost, low-latency, and high reliable IoT platform that dramatically reduced time to market for a new set of connected appliances. Solution Assessment - Type: IoT - Maturity: Cutting Edge (technology has been on the market for <2 years) Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Connectivity Status, Energy Consumption Rate, Energy Usage, Number Of Connected Devices Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Electrical Grids

Challenge

Whirlpool wanted to add connectivity to appliances and transform the company's relationship with customers. Traditionally, Whirlpool interaction with customers was limited to purchases made once every ten years. Connected washer and dryers provide exciting new features like remote management of start times and inter-machine communication.

About Customer

The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. The Fortune 500 company has annual revenue of approximately $21 billion, 100,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers

Customer Name

The Whirlpool Corporation

Solution

Whirlpool partnered with Arrayent to bring connectivity to their new Smart Grid appliances. Arrayent Connect provided a low-cost, low-latency, and high reliable IoT platform that dramatically reduced time to market for a new set of connected appliances. Solution Assessment - Type: IoT - Maturity: Cutting Edge (technology has been on the market for <2 years)

Data Collected

Connectivity Status, Energy Consumption Rate, Energy Usage, Number Of Connected Devices

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Energy] The amount of energy used in equipment operation can be lowered.
Impact #2	[Data Management - Data Analysis] Cloud solutions enable aggregation of 'big data' to enable more robust analysis to improve customer experience.
Impact #3	[Efficiency Improvement - R&D] Use data enables product development teams insights into when and how frequently functions are used for consideration in future design modifications.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Energy]
The amount of energy used in equipment operation can be lowered.

Impact #2

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
Cloud solutions enable aggregation of 'big data' to enable more robust analysis to improve customer experience.

Impact #3

[Efficiency Improvement - R&D]
Use data enables product development teams insights into when and how frequently functions are used for consideration in future design modifications.

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Selling more with Whirlpool

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