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TOP-TEN BUSINESS TRENDS, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Costs/budget pressures Data security concerns Faster innovation Business risk management Single view of customer Stakeholder pressure Greater transparency of reporting E-enabled business/government Growing value of knowledge capital Personal data privacy concerns Average weighted score (10 = max) Ranking 1 4 5 - 3 2 - 8 - 6 2008 2007 1 4 6 - 3 8 - 10 - 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009           Selected change in ranking  compared with  200 8
TOP-TEN CIO MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES, 2009 Providing guidance for the board/executive Demonstrating business value of IS/IT Improving IT governance Reducing total IT costs Develop/enhancing IT architectures Strategizing for IS/business linkage Strengthening program/project prioritization and management Developing leadership in IS senior team Managing benefits realization Tightening security / privacy safeguards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average weighted score (10 = max) Ranking 2 3 - 5 8 1 6 - 7 4 2008 2007 3 5 - 11 6 1 7 - - 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009    Forecast  2010 1 2 12 6 8 3 15 4 9 5       Selected change in ranking  compared with  200 8
TOP-TEN TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES, 2009   Security enhancement tools Applications integration/middleware/ messaging Enterprise portal deployment Network infrastructure/management tools Internal e-enabling infrastructure Web design, development and content management tools Storage management (SAN, NAS) deployment Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Web services  –  internal or external Deploying XML based processes/ messaging 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average weighted score (10 = max) 1 3 7 5 6 2 11 - 12 9 2008 2007 2 5 8 3 1 - - - 12 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009   Forecast  2010 Ranking 1 9 12 17 13 14 18 2 8 6        Selected change in ranking  compared with  200 8
TOP-TEN CIO MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES, 2009 Providing leadership and guidance for the board/executive Demonstrating business value of IS/IT Improving IT governance Reducing total IT costs Develop/enhancing IT architectures Strategizing for IS/business linkage Strengthening program/project prioritization and management Developing leadership and behavioral competencies in the IS senior management team Managing benefits realization Tightening security and privacy safeguards Ranking in previous surveys 2 3 - 5 8 1 6 - 7 4 2008 2007 3 5 - 11 6 1 7 - - 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009    Forecast  2010 1 2 12 6 8 3 15 4 9 5       Selected change in ranking  compared with  2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1  Very High Impact 2  Somewhat High Impact 3  Somewhat Low Impact 4  Very Low Impact
Prepared By Willy Aoll Intellicom’s End-to-End Solutions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepared By Willy Aoll EPC Global Classification ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepared By Willy Aoll Intellicom Product Family ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepared By Willy Aoll Intellicom Advantage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepared By Willy Aoll When Does BIDCO need Class 3, Battery Assisted Passive Tags ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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[object Object],Prepared By Willy Aoll Inventory Management Data Collection Convergence of Wireless  Technologies & Business Applications Barcode EPC Standard Mobility Wireless LAN Supply Chain Active Tags Mobile Devices Asset Tracking Data Communication Access Ports Fixed Readers Wireless Switch
Prepared By Willy Aoll Wireless Data Collection Wireless Data  Communication Data Management and Processing Asset & Location Tracking Asset Management Inventory Management in Supply Chain Applying Mobility to Business and Operational Process  Handheld Devices, RFID, Barcode WLAN Infrastructure WWAN Network Application Software
Prepared By Willy Aoll IT Equipment Restrictive  “Mobile” Tools Facilities Production Assets Fleet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Legal Requirement Revenue Enhancement Cost Reduction Outsourcing Initiative Risk Mitigation Competitive Advantage Justification Physical Assets Comply with health and safety requirements Achieve higher service levels with the same or lower budget and resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Prepared By Willy Aoll ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Mobile Portion  EAM Portion  Wireless Switch 802.11 WLAN  Access Ports  EAM System Server  EAM Application  Software  Switch   Rugged Mobile Computers (Barcode and/or RFID)  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System  Key Components Enterprise Asset Management or similar function back-end software Rugged Mobile Computers: WLAN 802.11 enabled WLAN Infrastructure: Access Ports and Wireless Switches OR RFID Infrastructure: Readers and Tags
Prepared By Willy Aoll Customer Type: Industrial Fire Suppression Unit [IFSU] Problem ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Solution ,[object Object],[object Object],Benefits to Customer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wireless Switch 802.11 WLAN  Access Ports  Applications Server  Asset Tracking and Locating  Software  Switch  Wi-Fi Tracking Tag  Prepared By Willy Aoll Key Components Wi-Fi location tracking tag (battery powered active radio tag) Positioning Engine software  802.11 WLAN Infrastructure: Access Ports and Wireless Switch
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Distribution Centers and Warehouses  Manufacturing Plants  Raw Material  Facilities Retail Stores Inventory Flow in a Supply Chain (Raw materials, work-in-progress and finished inventory) Consumers Supplying the right products At the right moment At minimal cost To achieve objectives of SCM In the right quantities Prepared By Willy Aoll
Key Solution Components Key Drivers New Technology New Standards Industry Mandates New Economics Business Applications Prepared By Willy Aoll
[object Object],Prepared By Willy Aoll Solutions Description Warehousing - Automated Shipping & Receiving Tagging items at the case and pallet level with RFID tags.  Readers placed at warehouse dock doors record the items loaded and unloaded from trucks; backend system verifies contents against PO and ASN. Retail - Item-Level Shelf Monitoring Tagging at the item-level, along with ‘smart shelves’ – units with RFID readers built in, provide immediate feedback for replenishment, in addition to notification of misplaced items.  Manufacturing - Work-In-Process Tracking High value items and highly regulated items that require data gathered at various points in the production line are excellent targets for RFID tagging.  Record safety test data at each step in the process, automatically.
EPC Class 1 Label Packaged Product Encode/Apply Printer Manufacturing  (Crate/Box Level) Warehouses and  Distribution Center  (Pallet Level) Retail Outlet (Unit Level) ExpressVu boxes with  EPC Class 1 Labels Antennas Shelves EPC RFID Portal and EPC RFID tags Prepared By Willy Aoll
Prepared By Willy Aoll Component Levers Impacted Variables Benefits Inventory ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Shrink ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Labour ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Assets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Transport ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Barcode RFID Wireless Data Collection & Communication  Technologies Business Applications Major  BIDCO Benefits Increase Supply Chain Management efficiency Increase workers’ productivity Increase data recording accuracy Reduce inventory cost Enhance assets tracking capability Increase inventory control efficiency Enterprise Asset Management Software Warehouse Management Systems Software Applications Software Combining with To  deliver Increase asset management efficiency Asset Management Asset & Location Tracking Inventory Management in Supply Chain WLAN WWAN To  support Applying Mobility to Business and Operational Process  Prepared By Willy Aoll
Routing & Cabling Procurement &  Delivery of Material Training & Commissioning Project Hand-Over  Wk1 Wk 3 Wk 5 Wk7 Wk9 Wk11 Mobilization &  Site Setting Completion of Installation &  Commencing Testing
 

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Warehouse Inventory Asset Management Solution Presentation

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  • 4. TOP-TEN BUSINESS TRENDS, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Costs/budget pressures Data security concerns Faster innovation Business risk management Single view of customer Stakeholder pressure Greater transparency of reporting E-enabled business/government Growing value of knowledge capital Personal data privacy concerns Average weighted score (10 = max) Ranking 1 4 5 - 3 2 - 8 - 6 2008 2007 1 4 6 - 3 8 - 10 - 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009       Selected change in ranking compared with 200 8
  • 5. TOP-TEN CIO MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES, 2009 Providing guidance for the board/executive Demonstrating business value of IS/IT Improving IT governance Reducing total IT costs Develop/enhancing IT architectures Strategizing for IS/business linkage Strengthening program/project prioritization and management Developing leadership in IS senior team Managing benefits realization Tightening security / privacy safeguards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average weighted score (10 = max) Ranking 2 3 - 5 8 1 6 - 7 4 2008 2007 3 5 - 11 6 1 7 - - 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009    Forecast 2010 1 2 12 6 8 3 15 4 9 5   Selected change in ranking compared with 200 8
  • 6. TOP-TEN TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES, 2009 Security enhancement tools Applications integration/middleware/ messaging Enterprise portal deployment Network infrastructure/management tools Internal e-enabling infrastructure Web design, development and content management tools Storage management (SAN, NAS) deployment Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Web services – internal or external Deploying XML based processes/ messaging 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average weighted score (10 = max) 1 3 7 5 6 2 11 - 12 9 2008 2007 2 5 8 3 1 - - - 12 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009   Forecast 2010 Ranking 1 9 12 17 13 14 18 2 8 6    Selected change in ranking compared with 200 8
  • 7. TOP-TEN CIO MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES, 2009 Providing leadership and guidance for the board/executive Demonstrating business value of IS/IT Improving IT governance Reducing total IT costs Develop/enhancing IT architectures Strategizing for IS/business linkage Strengthening program/project prioritization and management Developing leadership and behavioral competencies in the IS senior management team Managing benefits realization Tightening security and privacy safeguards Ranking in previous surveys 2 3 - 5 8 1 6 - 7 4 2008 2007 3 5 - 11 6 1 7 - - 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 2009    Forecast 2010 1 2 12 6 8 3 15 4 9 5   Selected change in ranking compared with 2008 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1 Very High Impact 2 Somewhat High Impact 3 Somewhat Low Impact 4 Very Low Impact
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  • 27. Distribution Centers and Warehouses Manufacturing Plants Raw Material Facilities Retail Stores Inventory Flow in a Supply Chain (Raw materials, work-in-progress and finished inventory) Consumers Supplying the right products At the right moment At minimal cost To achieve objectives of SCM In the right quantities Prepared By Willy Aoll
  • 28. Key Solution Components Key Drivers New Technology New Standards Industry Mandates New Economics Business Applications Prepared By Willy Aoll
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  • 30. EPC Class 1 Label Packaged Product Encode/Apply Printer Manufacturing (Crate/Box Level) Warehouses and Distribution Center (Pallet Level) Retail Outlet (Unit Level) ExpressVu boxes with EPC Class 1 Labels Antennas Shelves EPC RFID Portal and EPC RFID tags Prepared By Willy Aoll
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  • 32. Barcode RFID Wireless Data Collection & Communication Technologies Business Applications Major BIDCO Benefits Increase Supply Chain Management efficiency Increase workers’ productivity Increase data recording accuracy Reduce inventory cost Enhance assets tracking capability Increase inventory control efficiency Enterprise Asset Management Software Warehouse Management Systems Software Applications Software Combining with To deliver Increase asset management efficiency Asset Management Asset & Location Tracking Inventory Management in Supply Chain WLAN WWAN To support Applying Mobility to Business and Operational Process Prepared By Willy Aoll
  • 33. Routing & Cabling Procurement & Delivery of Material Training & Commissioning Project Hand-Over Wk1 Wk 3 Wk 5 Wk7 Wk9 Wk11 Mobilization & Site Setting Completion of Installation & Commencing Testing
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  1. What are the key business trends and CIO priorities for 2009? Business, societal, government trends analysis: CIOs are being driven by pressures to keep costs down, innovate faster and manage business risk. The must-do’s (business continuity, data security, privacy and keeping pace with the business) have taken precedence over the “want-to-do’s” (satisfying stakeholders, CRM, knowledge management, and e-enablement). For the third year in a row cost pressures are the number one concern. Systems now need added security, redundancy and faster development, But these break the budget. Business executives now realize just how dependent they are on IT, so business risk management has moved to No. 4. The impact of September 11: be more cost effective, yet reduce business risk. The two are often counter to each other. CIOs may need to add more redundancy to address business risks, which increases their costs. The goal of creating a single view of customers dropped significantly due in part to the disappointing results early adopters have had implementing CRM. CIOs are rethinking how to squeeze promised benefits out of their sunk costs. Surprisingly, the call for greater transparency does not seem to be having an effect. Either the impact is coming or IS already does such a good job of providing transparency (through ERP) that the problem has been essentially licked. Concern about personal data privacy appears in the top-10 for the first time. This high rating may be due to the penalties imposed by recent legislation, specifically the Health Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley in the U.S. and the European Privacy Directive in the EU. CIOs are in their third year of relentless cost pressure while having to deliver faster innovation and better business risk management.
  2. What are the key business trends and CIO priorities for 2009? CIOs are focused on providing executive leadership, demonstrating value and improving governance. Leadership shouldn’t be confused with “strategizing” which has become just part of the job. Surprisingly, reducing total IT costs is fourth priority, higher than it's been in the last two years, but still significantly lower than the priority of business cost reduction. Effective CIOs have been successful in teaching their business colleagues that investing in IS can bring much bigger savings on the business side. Another difference this year is in the approach of working with business peers. In the past, alignment with the business was done through committees. Now CIOs are taking a portfolio approach to governing IS. This means understanding the kind of leadership the business needs to properly guide use of IT. And who should be involved at all levels and in all aspects – the CIO – as in January Premier IT Governance report. It appears that this year has been one of hunkering down and getting one’s organizational structures in place – prioritizing projects to get greatest value, house guidance where it makes the most business sense, put an architecture in place and to protect the company from the new terrorist threats. Internet-based cyber-crime is also in this mix, even though it is not spelled out specifically. Clearly, although not a short-term play, architecture is seen as an infrastructure investment that pays dividends longer term. On the other hand, strategizing and leading the IS team have both slipped down the rankings. An explanation for both is that strategizing and leading one’s own organization are now just part of the CIO’s job. CIO management priorities are executive leadership, demonstrating value, and improving governance.
  3. What are the key business trends and CIO priorities for 2009? Technology analysis: Systems now have to be secure from internal and external threats, integrated and provide greater data availability. There is a bifurcated message. One is response to the external environment (leading to more security and privacy), the other is to making the internal environment more efficient and data more accessible (portals, messaging, integration). Forward-looking CIOs are using the slow economy to implement e-enablement. Web services, network management and storage management are also addressing integration and data availability issues. Security enhancement tools have the highest technology priority, well aligned with the data security concerns of the business. Applications integration, middleware and messaging have climbed steadily to 2nd priority, as cost-effective means to leverage legacy systems to be more agile and support, or at least not constrain, business innovation. Enterprise portal deployment is another cost-effective approach to making data in various systems more easily available to employees, business partners, and customers. Storage management deployment has been climbing as a priority as more enterprises see the opportunity of reducing costs and making data available internally. CIO technology priorities are secure, integrated technology supporting greater data availability.
  4. CIO Management Priorities Analysis: CIOs are focused on providing executive leadership, demonstrating value, and improving governance. The top three are all outward from the IS organization, not inward, and executive relationships are critical. Emphasizes the maturation, business criticality and complexity of the CIO’s role. In some ways, it's a good time to be a good CIO and there is a great need for CIO leadership, although leadership isn’t to be confused with ‘strategizing’ which has become just part of the job. Surprisingly, reducing total IT costs is fourth priority, higher than it's been in the last two years, but still significantly lower than the priority of business cost reduction. Effective CIOs have been successful in educating their business colleagues that investing in IS can bring much bigger savings on the business side. Another difference this year is in the approach of working with business peers. In the past the aligning with the business was done through committees, but it was not on a formal portfolio basis. Now that the governance moniker is indeed taking hold, which means that CIOs are taking a portfolio approach to governing IS, which means understanding the kind of leadership the business needs to properly guide use of IT, and who should be involved at all levels and in all aspects – as in January Premier IT Governance report It appears that this year has been one of hunkering down and getting one’s organizational structures in place – to prioritize projects to get greatest value, house guidance where it makes the most business sense, put an architecture in place to see the forest from the trees, and to protect the company from the new terrorist threats by figuring out how to deal with the more security-conscious world. Internet-based cyber-crime is also in this mix, even though it is not spelled out specifically.
  5. There are many benefits companies today can receive from the deployment of RFID solutions. Inventory Levers Impacted Inventory days on hand Safety stock Transit inventory including yard inventory Recurring inventory carrying costs Promotion management Variables Benefits Visibility of real time information Volatility in supply chain Lead time reduction Supply chain throughput (increased cross dock). Shrink Levers Impacted Error related shrink Internal/external theft Variables Benefits Tracking and tracing high value items Real time information flow Reduced human error Labour Levers Impacted Labour productivity Supply chain throughput Variables Benefits Time to complete manual processes (receive, sort, put-away, pick, ship) Validation and audit processes Assets Levers Impacted Utilization of assets Depreciation of charge on distribution owned Total distribution of asset base Detention penalties on 3rd party assets Brand management Variables Benefits Increased throughput Tracking and tracing assets Fewer assets required – lower asset base and depreciation charge Transportation Levers Impacted Freight costs Reverse logistics costs Variables Benefits Outbound load density through better information, planning and improved throughput (cross dock).