Efficiency in Presence and Localisation
Efficiency created by Presence and Localisation
Description:
Presence and localisation service provide the opportunity to identify computers and other devices, wherever they are. If a user connects to the network, others can obtain information about where this person is and if he or she is reachable.
Small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly relying on wireless solutions to help meet their needs outside of the office. Wireless technologies are transforming business efficiency, enabling dramatic improvements in employee productivity, communication and collaboration.
"95% of consumer goods companies plan their sales calls manually using paper maps and markers. We review a step-by-step process how these companies can implement some simple tools to utilize existing resources better via: - efficient territory planning - optimizing sales reps' location and - daily travel planning. This process can reduce the driving of the salesforce by up to 40%, which means a dramatic increase in selling time and overall efficiency. The case study shows how to reduce driving related expenses by 30%, while increasing effective 'store-time' from 74% to 80%." source: www.locationintelligence.net
Enablers:
- The need for process efficiency
- Improvements in productivity
- Innovation
- Power of Information-anywhere, everywhere
- Economics of scale
- The need for better scheduling and planning
- Workflowmanagement
- Increasing Mobility
Inhibitors:
- Need for more control of information
- Larger and complexer database management systems
- Growing privacy and security concerns
Paradigm:
With creating more efficiency with presence and location based services, people will be more dependent on this exact information. If possibility exist to localise and trace every single item, people will be overloaded with information. One will see the use of LBS when rescues can be made by using this technology services, or when daily used products or services become cheaper because of this technique.