Author Kevin Ashton coined the phrase Internet of Things in 1999 when he was a brand manager at Procter & Gamble and wanted the company’s executives to understand how the Internet could help with supply chain management.
Now as the Internet of Things becomes part of our common vernacular, industrial applications like supply chain management and asset tracking are still seen as the most promising IoT use cases, despite the significant buzz around the wearables market and the connected home. Wireless carriers and device makers often focus on IoT use cases that involve the consumer, but commercial use cases are emerging just as quickly.
