Economy

Smart town technologies drive a thriving community, fostering prosperity through seamless digital interactions and data-driven insights.

By reducing supply chain friction, they also enable smooth service and product delivery, boosting economic activities. Additionally, smart solutions enhance retail and hospitality sectors, attracting visitors and tourists, further contributing to economic growth.

NEC capabilities

With a proven track record in supporting the hospitality, logistics and other sectors, NEC smart town solutions can boost economic activities through simpler, seamless services that are intuitive and secure. From unlocking a great arrival experience for hotel guests through biometrics to video analytics that enables a data-driven retail strategy at shopping malls, innovative NEC solutions can make a difference in boosting economic growth.

Biometrics/ Digital ID

Face recognition, for example, enables easy access management, whether this is for a building or a mobile phone app.

Face recognition, for example, enables easy access management, whether this is for a building or a mobile phone app. Building a digital ID solution centered on fast, accurate and trusted biometrics technology enables access management, a foundational aspect of many a digital governance effort.

Video analytics

Computer vision is useful for a wide variety of apps to enable growth in the economy.

Computer vision is useful for a wide variety of apps to enable growth in the economy. For example, it can help retailers to visualize and understand the number and demographics of visitors to a shopping mall or better track visitor interest in particular products in a display to better serve customers.

Access management

Access management with the help of biometrics can help make customer journeys more seamless.

From hotels to tourist attractions, access management with the help of biometrics can help make customer journeys more seamless, enabling them to enjoy services more easily. At a hotel, for example, NEC’s renowned face recognition technology enables guests to quickly identify themselves and check in to their rooms and other facilities.

Fleet management

Using IoT and satellite tracking, NEC’s fleet management solution helps logistics companies to better monitor and optimize.

Using IoT and satellite tracking, NEC’s fleet management solution helps logistics companies to better monitor and optimize routes to save on costs and improve delivery timeliness. More efficient delivery routes and monitoring of driver habits also help encourage safer driving over time.

Smart Locker/parcels

A locker network located at a high-footfall area lets consumers collect parcels at a convenient time.

A locker network located at a high-footfall area lets consumers collect parcels at a convenient time and avoid missing deliveries. It is more environmentally friendly since e-commerce operators do not need to transport each delivery door-to-door. This solution will support the needs of the public in last-mile delivery while enabling a logistics service to achieve high productivity and optimize operating costs.

Case Studies

Guests at Singapore’s Hotel Jen check in with their faces

Instead of a long queue at the check-in counter after a long flight, guests at Hotel Jen in Singapore can choose to register at a self-service kiosk by scanning their faces to verify their identity. With their ID confirmed, NEC biometrics solution enables guests to receive a room key quickly within minutes.

Improved arrival experience for guests
Reduced administrative workload for staff
Staff can focus on meaningful interactions with guests and provide memorable experiences during their stay.

Smart digital signage go up in Indonesia

In 2022, NEC worked with Sinar Mas Land to create smart digital signage with NEC FieldAnalyst Software technology, starting with two pilot areas in BSD City. The project taps on cameras in real-time and uses NEC's biometric technology to recognize faces and classify them by age group and gender. This is only used to identify profiles according to customer groups and no personal data information is stored.

Signage owners can track real-time data on the number of viewers
Advertisers can thus pay the appropriate rate based on the exposure
Knowing the profile of a person standing in front of it, a digital signage will play the most suitable advertisement

Shaping the world, one smart town at a time.

Contact an NEC representative today to learn more about our Smart Town Solution and how we can help build a brighter future together.