This article explores AI and the some of the potential applications, implications and costs for unprepared industry.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world continues to recover from disruptions in supply chain. Regardless of industry, companies have had to react in a timely manner, placing an emphasis on safe operations and ramping up supply of essential ingredients and materials to address the crisis, while some successfully pivoted into new product lines.

Recycling has been popular for over 50 years, but there are still growing pains.

It has been two decades since scientists learned to mimic the ability of the gecko to adhere to any surface reversibly. The critical question is whether this biomimetic technology has found commercial application.

Looking back at historic economic downturns, companies who commit to innovating have won in the long run.

A box or carton or even an aluminum can does not represent a subtle change in protective packaging but rather a potential disruptive shift as the wine industry looks to improve its environmental footprint.

Clients trying to understand how their business is evolving can benefit from taking a step back to look at the current state of intellectual property. A patent landscape analysis helps Nerac clients quickly assess their position within a technology area in terms of their business objectives. The insights can help support critical decisions on new product introduction, go-to-market strategy and market positioning, structural cost adjustments, and more.

Threats to your business: What keeps you up at night?

How do you identify potentially Disruptive Technologies in your market space? In an adjacent market space? How can you identify threats to your essential product portfolio or the potential benefit of acquiring or licensing outside IP to mitigate the disruptions? Let’s explore the field of acoustic metamaterials and how Nerac analysts can help answer these questions.

The systematic and periodic collection, analysis, and synthesis of data related to market actors’ actions, reactions, new product/technology developments, IP filings, and major business news, as well as significant material financial changes and changes in strategic direction.