In May 2023, United Airlines and eVTOL-maker Archer announced plans to launch an "air taxi" service based in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. United passengers will be able to disembark at O'Hare and then take an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air-taxi to the city center [1]. There are a lot of things you can say about this, many of them eminently serious (we'll get to a few below), not least that it cuts an hour's journey to just 10 minutes. But let's just take a moment to acknowledge how cool it is. For years, people who were disappointed that the twenty-first century ...
The energy and resources industry is undergoing tremendous digital transformation. Technological solutions have proven beyond doubt that it has been instrumental in improving operational efficiency, reducing operational cost, and strategizing ESG activities including net zero goals. In this blog, Remasankar S, Vice President - Energy & Resources Logistics, IBS Software talks about how technology solutions are revolutionizing the way the industry functions and what the future holds. What are some of the business models that could transform logistics operations in the global energy & res...