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of physical assets when the freight carrier network is moving them. References [1] Next Big Thing AG, Trends Shaping the Machine Economy – A Guide to Corporate Innovation for a New Era of Industrial Companies, 2020 Report. [2] In the test drive, secure edge devices capture the real-time status (e.g., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Buchheit, F.
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