Making Building Management Mobile
Converging Technologies to Deliver More
Software/Services-based Value
Ron Chapek
Director/Product Management
Emerson
Making Building Management MobileMarket Metrics & The New Normal
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• Global mobile adoption rates still exploding
• Global revenue still on steep incline topping
$70B (2017)
• Projected ~30B connected devices (2020)
• Ultra-low-cost sensors becoming ubiquitous
• Machine-learning/Fault-Detection solutions
maturing & gaining adoption
• Data traffic is exploding (Exabyte/EB”)
• Cloud computing adoption remains strong
• Big Data analytics platforms continue to
proliferate e.g. Power/BI Embedded
A Hyper-Connected World with
Converging Technologies
Making Building Management MobileMarket Trends/Realities That Will Affect You
• Integration of Mobile Applications & IoT
– Retail, Energy and Service Segment Adoption
• Successful IoT Adoption: Learn from Mobile
– Enabling IoT: The Message Bus (M2X)
• Need for Cross-Platform Development
– Demand for Common UI/UX (Personalization)
• Mobile Market’s Rapid Maturation
– Proliferation of Applications (B2B)
Making Building Management MobileMarket Trends/Realities That Will Affect You
• Necessity for Mobile Centers of Excellence (MCoE)
– Collaboration is Key to Rapid Development (It/Agile)
• Continued Emphasis on Security
– 75% of Security Breaches Linked to Mobile
• Paradigm Shift: Business Enterprise Apps Rule
– B2B App Development in Rapid Growth (Quadruple)
• Cloud-driven Apps: The Way Forward
– Centrally Managed Apps (Bandwidth/Scalability)
Making Building Management MobileMarket Trends/Realities That Will Affect You
• Data Governance: Who Owns the (Big) Data?
– Raw vs Analyzed Data & Perceived Value (DaaS)
• Digital Trust Design
– Serving Risk-Averse Clients
• Fewer Development Platforms
– Open Innovation & Open Source
• Mobile Integration of Emerging Technologies
– Machine Learning/ML, Artificial Intelligence/AI and Virtual Reality/VR (HoloLens)
Making Building Management Mobile
Pivot Point: Status of Maintenance/Field Services*
• Emphasis on cost containment
• Emphasis on improving operational efficiencies
• Need to install & commission a growing number of assets
• Need to maintain a large installed base of assets (legacy)
• Need to address “greying” of the workforce (attrition/gap)
• Interest in leveraging new technologies/tools (mobile)
• Key Goals/Metrics
– 100% device uptime (no unexpected downtime)
– Perfect execution: Fast & right (no return trips/truck rolls)
– Protect brand via high customer satisfaction
*Proxy for any remote human asset e.g. store manager.
A Rapidly Changing
Environment Creating
New Business Opportunities
Making Building Management MobileBusiness Drivers for Mobile Application Development
Improving profits is a trend that never goes out of style.
Every day companies are discovering new ways to use mobile applications to automate their
processes. As mobile technology is integrated more and more into your business, the opportunities to
reduce costs and improve efficiencies through mobile automation will grow.
Replacing other computer technologies with cheaper tablets (or even existing smartphones) can be a
huge cost saver in terms of both capital and productivity. Remote operations can save in transportation
costs. The ways in which mobile applications can automate your business are seemingly endless. And
the results can be game-changers for your business.
Ask any CEO, Marketer, Salesmen or Designer what the most important factor in a successful business
relationship is and they’ll give you the same answer: trust. The same is true of a user’s relationship to a
product. Engendering the feeling of trust in a product is among the chief roles of any good UX design.
Making Building Management MobileApplication Example: Focus on Human Centered Design/HCD
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Making Building Management MobileApplication
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Making Building Management MobileApplication Example: Only Two Options (Simple)
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Making Building Management MobileApplication Example: Access to Help (Optional)
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Making Building Management MobileApplication Example: Access to More Information/Call-Back
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Making Building Management Mobile
Benefits (Generic to Alarm Management)
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Making Building Management MobileSomething to Think About
“The world around us is changing – there is no doubt about that - yet
the inexorable march of time and technology is at times so profound,
so alien, and so overwhelming, that we often retreat to our safe
spaces - of comfort and ritual and practice - rather than embracing
those changes head-on as they come.”
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“Today, with emerging trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile technology and cloud
computing, field resources can access critical alarm/event and asset-specific information before they
arrive on site. Additionally, the can query a knowledge base for more technical information or
collaborate with an industry e.g. refrigeration expert--located in a central call center--from their smart
device(s).”
“Customers (accounts) remain loyal to brands that offer low-effort interaction…..service
providers that embrace emerging trends grow top-line revenue, increase share.”
“Close to 70 percent of his customer interactions and touchpoints come through the field service
technicians who show up to service machinery.”
Traditional field service management solutions emphasize the system of record. The latest
generation, however, is adopting a customer-at-the-center approach based on intuitive contextual
apps that offer real-time access to information that may live in many different systems.
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