Topic
Physical economy.
Oway Research on Physical economy: 7 pieces.
EssayReindustrialization Needs a Coordination LayerRobots, driverless trucks and new plants are arriving fast, but legacy industry still runs on EDI and PDFs. Why reindustrialization needs a coordination layer.Phillip NadjafovEssayIntroducing IOI, the Internet of IndustrialsIOI connects legacy industrial systems and autonomous machines through an open-source schema, so companies and AI can read, quote, book and produce together.Phillip NadjafovEssayThe Physical Economy Has No IndexThe internet became useful once it was indexed. The physical economy still has no live index of its capacity. Why that costs trillions, and how to build one.Phillip NadjafovEssayCoordination Is the BottleneckWhat matching freight across 10,000+ vehicles taught us. Most of the cost comes after the match, and the physical economy needs a live index.Phillip NadjafovEssayThe Accidental Context LayerHow the ELD mandate put a connected device in nearly every US truck, and how COVID turned that data into the start of a physical context layer.Phillip NadjafovNotesThe Half-Empty TruckUS trucks drive one mile in six empty and run loaded at a third to half of capacity. What that costs, and how China cut empty running with freight matching.Oway ResearchEssayWhy We Started OwayOway's founder on what building a defense vehicle manufacturer taught him about coordination, and why Oway started with the empty space in American trucks.Phillip Nadjafov