Subaru EyeSight used stereo vision to brake before impact
Subaru made driver assistance cheaper to understand by using two windshield cameras as depth-sensing eyes.
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1,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDStellapps turned milk collection into a data rail for farmers
Stellapps put sensors and software at dairy touchpoints, making milk quality data usable for payments, cold-chain control and credit.
Read the caseStatoilHydro routed Europe's gas grid as one optimization problem
GassOpt modeled the Norwegian gas network as one mixed-integer program, unlocking about $2B in savings.
Read the caseStaples made the box after seeing the order and cut empty shipping air
Staples stopped stocking fixed box sizes and made each ecommerce box on demand, reducing corrugate, void fill, cube and CO2.
Read the caseSpotify scaled teams by separating autonomy from craft
Spotify's squads owned problems, while tribes, chapters and guilds kept related teams and specialties from drifting apart.
Read the caseSony made PlayStation win by making game risk cheaper to take
Sony used CD-ROM production, developer tools and direct distribution to make third-party games less risky.
Read the caseSony moved sensor wiring behind the pixel so cameras could see more light
Sony's Exmor R flipped the CMOS sensor stack, clearing metal wiring out of the photons' path.
Read the caseSnap-on cut shipping cost by letting AI choose the carton before packing
Snap-on and FastFetch attacked parcel cost by computing the right box for each order, not by asking packers to eyeball empty air.
Read the caseSlip sheets kept the unit load and threw away the pallet
A thin grippable sheet let shippers move a wrapped load as one unit without paying to ship, store, repair, or return wood.
Read the caseSKF sold tidal bearings as a space program that stayed on Earth
SKF reframed tidal-energy hardware as a Faroe Islands space program, using moon-powered tides to make B2B engineering newsworthy.
Read the caseSingapore made instant bank transfers work by adding a phone-number alias
FAST made transfers instant; PayNow made them usable by mapping mobile and NRIC identifiers to bank accounts.
Read the caseShri Shakti LPG used integer programming to place bottling plants
Shri Shakti LPG planned South Indian propane bottling plants as a network problem, saving about $1M a year versus its first plan.
Read the caseShoda Shoyu made custom sauces fresh by letting orders pull production
A 150-year-old soy-sauce maker used NPS pull production to stop overmaking custom seasonings and hit 99% on-time delivery.
Read the caseShockWatch made rough handling confess with a red label
ShockWatch put an irreversible impact sensor on the box, turning hidden freight abuse into visible evidence.
Read the caseShin Nippon WEX treated laundry like a pull-system factory
WEX cut linen-service chaos by matching washing and delivery capacity to actual demand, not by pushing every plant to stay busy.
Read the caseShimla made water a performance company and supply moved from every 3 days to daily
After a water crisis, Shimla put one autonomous utility in charge and tied operations to service targets, tariffs, contracts, and complaints.
Read the caseShelf-ready packaging made the shipping case do the shelf work
Retail-ready packaging turned a transit carton into a display tray, cutting store replenishment from item handling to one case move.
Read the case7-Eleven Japan made cafe coffee work by hiding the barista in the machine
Seven Café turned convenience stores into a national coffee chain with one-cup grinding, self-service and a 100-yen price.
Read the caseSGQR replaced 19,000 payment codes with one label for Singapore merchants
Singapore's SGQR made 27 payment schemes share one merchant-facing QR label instead of fighting for counter space.
Read the caseSeven Bank made ATMs a fee platform, not a branch network
Seven Bank used 7-Eleven foot traffic to run a bank whose core asset was shared ATM access, not lending.
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