Wireless Solutions Applying Mobility to Business and Operational Process

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Wireless Solutions Applying Mobility to
Business and Operational Process
Andrew Mitchell Bell Canada Enterprise Wireless
Solutions
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Agenda

• Wireless Technologies Landscape
• Enterprise Wireless Market
• Applying Mobility to Business Process
• Highlighted Wireless Solutions
• Inventory Management in the Supply Chain
• Asset Tracking and Management
• Asset Location Tracking
• How Can Bell Help You Succeed?
• Questions

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Wireless Technologies Landscape
Sensing
Synchronization USB Replacement
Voice Data
Bridging Access
Voice Data Messaging
Sensor Network RFID (Near Field)
WPAN Bluetooth
WLAN 802.11
WMAN Proprietary
WWAN 1XRTT 1xEV-DO/DV
Metro-Mesh Networking
Wi Max
Increasing Distance
Source Farpoint Group
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Enterprise Wireless Continues to Gain Market
Momentum

• More than 40 of workers spend less than half
  their time in their primary workspace. Yankee
  Group Study
• In 2005, more than 65 of the Fortune 2000
  companies will adopt mobile applications.
  Gartner Dataquest
• 30 of companies installed Wireless LANs in
  2004. 50 of organizations deploying Wireless LAN
  by 2006. META Group
• WiFi initiatives ranked No. 5 (up 12 spots)
  among CIO priorities for the coming year. Morgan
  Stanley survey of 225 CIOs

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Applying Mobility to Business and Operational
Process
3 Major Components of an End-to-End
Wireless-enabled Solution
Wireless Data Collection
Wireless Data Communication
Data Management and Processing
Handheld Devices, RFID Tags, Barcode
Wireless LAN RFID Infrastructure
Application Software
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Inventory Management in the Supply
ChainApplying RFID in the Supply Chain
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Importance of Inventory Managementin the Supply
Chain
Raw Material Facilities
Retail Stores
Consumers
Distribution Centers and Warehouses
Manufacturing Plants
Inventory Flow in a Supply Chain (Raw materials,
work-in-progress and finished inventory)
Supplying the right products
At the right moment
At minimal cost
Objectives of SCM
In the right quantities
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Applying RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) in
the Supply Chain
Key Drivers of RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification)
Key Solution Components
New Technology

• Tags (or Transponders)
• Active vs. Passive
• Read Only vs. Read/Write
• Frequency (LF, HF, UHF, Microwave)
• Read Range
• Data Capacity
• Readers
• Middleware
• Application Software

New Standards
Industry Mandates
New Economics
Business Applications
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RFID and EPC Global Standards
EPCglobal defines RFID Tag and Protocol Standards
EPC Global Tag Standards
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RFID Delivers Benefits Across the Entire Supply
Chain
Increases Supply Chain Visibility
Enables Real Time Data Access
Improves Predictability
Enables Collaboration
Enhances Responsiveness
Raw Material
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Warehouse/ Distribution Center
Distribution
Retailer
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RFID in Manufacturing Process
Key Components
Final Product
Product in the Box
Forklifts in Yard
RFID Antenna Reader
WLAN
Inventory Management System
RFID Middleware
Enterprise Resource Planning System
Benefit ability to track product progress and
increase the efficiency of inventory management
through the manufacturing process.
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RFID in Warehouses and Distribution Centers
RFID Portal
To Backend Corporate System
Benefit to increase the efficiency of product
data collection, warehouse management and product
distribution
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Asset ManagementApplying Mobility to Asset
Management Process
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Why Asset Management is Important
Challenges for Organizations
Production Assets

• Manage assets critical to business performance
  and protect significant investment in assets.
• Keep the organizations assets operating at
  optimum efficiency.
• Address budgetary and services issues.
• Awareness location, condition, availability and
  utilization of equipment and capital assets.
• Improve asset accountability and regulatory
  requirement.

IT Assets
Portable Operating Assets
Fleet Assets
Facilities Assets
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Wireless-enabled Enterprise Asset Management
(EAM) Solution
An efficient Wireless EAM Solution applies
enterprise mobility to the EAM process to improve
productivity, and to keep the organizations
assets and operations at optimum efficiency.
EAM Portion
Mobile Wireless Portion
Handheld Devices, RFID Tags, Barcode
Wireless LAN RFID Infrastructure
Application Software
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Sample Application Managing Mobile Firefight
Equipment
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Asset Location TrackingLeveraging Wireless LAN
to Track Asset Location
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Customer Challenges Tracking Medical Assets
Patients

• Where
• Hospitals and medical clinics
• Long-term care facilities
• What
• Assets Portable medical equipment
• Patients
• Medical Personnel
• Challenges
• Where is the equipment?
• Where is the patient?
• How to increase equipment utilization monitor
  utilization and long-term needs?
• How to minimize theft and losses?
• Impact On
• Patient care, productivity
• Capital and expense

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Key Components of Asset Location Tracking
Solution
The solution combines Wireless LAN technology
with location information to enable
location-based applications for hospitals,
medical clinics and long-term care facilities.
WLAN Wireless Switch
WLAN Access Ports
WLAN (802.11) Communication
Positioning Engine (in server)
Wi-Fi Tracking Tags
Asset Tracking Location Software

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Tracking Wi-Fi Tags and WLAN-enabled Devices
TRACK PDAs!
Tracking Software
TRACK Laptops!
TRACK Voip Phones!
TRACK Barcode/RFID scanners!
TRACK hospital wireless equipment!
TRACK WiFi TAGs!
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Customer Benefits

• Leveraging standard WLAN access points without
  the need for any proprietary network hardware.
• Enables efficient management and control of
  assets and patients location. 
• Combines data and voice applications with
  location information.
• Fast deployment
• Location capability up to 1m average accuracy
  (4 to 6 access point signals).

WLAN 802.11
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Heartlands, UK OR Operation

• Track patients and physicians to
• Improve OR flows OR Team and patient in the
  right place at the right time
• Ensure correct equipment in OR for right
  procedure.
• Reduce patient identification errors improve
  care, reduce lawsuits

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Palmetto, SC Asset Tracking

• Achieve hard cost savings
• Find misplaced equipment (e.g. IV pumps),
  increase utilization and reduce new purchases
• Eliminate costly rental programs.
• Monitor utilization and long-term needs
• Improve equipment servicing (cant fix what you
  cant find)
• Reduce theft and accidental losses

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Bridging Wireless Technologies and Business
Applications
Wireless-enabled Business Applications
Major Benefits
Applications Software
Wireless Data Collection Communication
Technologies
Increase asset management efficiency
Supply Chain Management Warehouse
Management Asset Management Location Tracking
Inventory Management
Enhance assets tracking capability
WLAN
Asset Management

Increase Supply Chain Management efficiency
RFID Barcode
Asset Location Tracking
Increase inventory control efficiency
Improve customers service
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How Can Bell Help You Succeed?

• Experience in
• Assessments / strategy
• Government studies
• Business case development
• Vendor / technology selection
• Technology architecture design
• Feasibility studies
• Pilots / proof of concept
• Enterprise deployments
• Installations
• Across many technologies

Value-chain leader
Trusted industry partner
Networking experience
Solutions leadership
Professional services organization
Single point of contact
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Thank You

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