Oil & Gas
When maintenance crews can't connect to the internet, they need apps that work in this mode.
What is offline mode?
Best Buy, Kroger, and AutoZone all need these mobile devices used by store associates to function reliably in warehouse areas with poor Wi-Fi coverage.
What are handheld scanners (or mobile inventory devices)?
This Ditto customer is a major global airline serving 300+ destinations with approximately 1,000 aircraft.
Who is Delta Air Lines?
Cruise staff must ensure tablets work off-line so guest can board and leave cruise ship on time.
What is embarkation / debarkation
Boeing uses these devices (abbreviated IIoT) to track tools, parts, and worker safety equipment across their facilities.
What are Industrial IoT sensors or devices?
Three main segments of the oil and gas industry value chain
What is upstream, midstream, and downstream
When a store's WiFi goes down, these checkout systems stop working, creating long lines.
What are POS systems or cash registers?
FedEx and UPS sortation facilities rely on this type of handheld device that must continuously scan and update tracking information even during connectivity gaps.
What are barcode scanners (or sortation handhelds)?
Guests at hotels expect to use their phone as this instead of a physical card.
What is a mobile key or digital room key?
With Ditto, factory data is stored at this location close to where it's created, making decisions faster.
What is the edge or locally?
Oil rigs and remote drilling sites commonly lack this basic requirement that most apps need to function.
What is internet connection or WiFi?
If a retail store's internet goes down during the holiday rush, they can lose this.
What is sales or money?
When IT outages occur at airlines, this front-line staff equipped with tablets cannot process customer rebooking requests, causing service meltdowns.
Who are gate agents (or customer service representatives)?
Hotel rooms have these IoT devices that control temperature and need to work even offline.
What are smart thermostats or smart locks?
PepsiCo's direct-store-delivery reps need to do these three things offline: generate invoices, capture these on screen, and scan returns.
What are signatures?
In oil & gas field operations, data collected from sensors and maintenance equipment needs to sync between local devices before reaching central systems, enabled by this Ditto networking approach.
What is peer-to-peer mesh networking (or P2P sync)?
Rural stores like Dollar General face this problem because they're far from cities with good internet.
What is poor/limited internet connectivity?
Delivery drivers for FedEx or UPS often drive through areas without this, making package tracking difficult.
What is cell service or cellular coverage?
These four critical hotel systems - abbreviated as PMS, POS, loyalty, and IoT - often fail to share live data, creating inconsistent guest experiences.
What are Property Management System, Point of Sale, loyalty programs, and IoT platforms?
Traditional factory setups send all data to a central system (abbreviated MES or PLC), which can create this traffic problem.
What is a bottleneck?