Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Ecuadorian shrimp and banana exporters used US and European supplier-mandated traceability systems; IoTEC's sensors competed with embedded supply chain monitoring requirements from Dole and Walmart
Evaluating only IoTEC’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Competition as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: Distribution.
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FOUNDING
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Documented cause
IoTEC built agri-supply chain IoT for Ecuador's export sectors. International buyer traceability requirements (Dole, Walmart, McDonald's) mandated specific approved monitoring systems. IoTEC's products, however technically superior, were not on the approved vendor lists.
Lesson
“Ecuador agri-IoT must become an approved supplier for Dole, Chiquita, and Walmart supply chain programs — without buyer approval, the product cannot enter the primary market regardless of technical quality.”
Failure anatomy
Collapse type
Slow Death
🐌 LOW
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Peak
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Data
Fatal mistake
Ecuadorian shrimp and banana exporters used US and European supplier-mandated traceability systems; IoTEC's sensors competed with embedded supply chain monitoring requirements from Dole and Walmart