2. What Are Managed Services?
"The practice of transferring day-to-day related management
responsibility as a strategic method for improved, effective and efficient
ibilit t t i th d f i d ff ti d ffi i t
operations. The person or organization who owns or has direct oversight
of the organization or system being managed is referred to as the
offerer, client or customer. The person or organization that accepts and
provides th managed service i regarded as th service provider.
id the d i is d d the i id
Typically, the offerer remains accountable for the functionality and
performance of managed service and does not relinquish the overall
management responsibility of the organization or system."
-Wikipedia
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3. What Are Managed Services For RFID?
SaaS
• Device/ equipment management
• Line-of-business applications
• Database/ data management
Leasing/ Outsourcing
Financing Services
Hybrid Deployments
• Software
• Bundled hardware
• Transponders
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4. Managed Services as an
Information Delivery Model
Asif Ghias, Director
Ghias
Solutions and Innovation
Savi Group, a Lockheed Martin Company
VDC Research Webinar
Sept. 23, 2009
More Than Just Visibility. Savi
11. GlobeRanger – A Snapshot
• Vision - Automated data collection technologies (bar codes RFID
codes, RFID,
sensors, location technologies) have created a new frontier for
information technology – the Enterprise Edge. There is economic and
competitive advantage to be g
p g gained from harnessing the Edge.
g g
• Founded in 1999; privately held
• Leading iMotion software platform and solutions in the RFID industry
• Primarily focused on Government & Aerospace
• De facto passive RFID standard for U.S. Dept. of Defense
• Foundation of some of the largest RFID deployments around the world
• Single-source capability and top tier partnerships
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12. Solution Focus
Automating Supply Chain Logistics
g pp y g
The U.S. alone spent $1.3 trillion on SC logistics in 2008 CSCMP’s 20th Annual State of Logistics Report
Transportation
Supplier Carrier/3PL Stock Manufacturing
g Stock Carrier/3PL Distribution
Inbound Enterprise Outbound
Shipping/Receiving
Yard Management
WIP Tracking/JIT Mfg. These operations can be made faster,
Inventory Management more accurate, and more efficient with
Tool Tracking RFID technology.
technology
Warehouse Operations
Asset Tracking
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13. GlobeRanger Provides a Unified Foundation
Corporate Finance
Logistics Operations Manufacturing HQ
OMS Branch
ERP
WMS
Branch
Business Visibility
Rules
Custom
GR-AWARE
GR AWARE GR-LIVE
GR LIVE GR-MAKE
GR MAKE Solutions
Asset Tracking Logistics Manufacturing
Solution Accelerator 1 Solution Accelerator 2 Solution Accelerator 3
Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t
iMotion
Vendor X Vendor Y GPS Passive Active
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14. GlobeRanger – A Snapshot
• Vision - Automated data collection technologies (bar codes RFID
codes, RFID,
sensors, location technologies) have created a new frontier for
information technology – the Enterprise Edge. There is economic and
competitive advantage to be g
p g gained from harnessing the Edge.
g g
• Founded in 1999; privately held
• Leading iMotion software platform and solutions in the RFID industry
• Primarily focused on Government & Aerospace
• De facto passive RFID standard for U.S. Dept. of Defense
• Foundation of some of the largest RFID deployments around the world
• Single-source capability and top tier partnerships
13 GlobeRanger Confidential
15. Solution Focus
Automating Supply Chain Logistics
g pp y g
The U.S. alone spent $1.3 trillion on SC logistics in 2008 CSCMP’s 20th Annual State of Logistics Report
Transportation
Supplier Carrier/3PL Stock Manufacturing
g Stock Carrier/3PL Distribution
Inbound Enterprise Outbound
Shipping/Receiving
Yard Management
WIP Tracking/JIT Mfg. These operations can be made faster,
Inventory Management more accurate, and more efficient with
Tool Tracking RFID technology.
technology
Warehouse Operations
Asset Tracking
14 GlobeRanger Confidential
16. GlobeRanger Provides a Unified Foundation
Corporate Finance
Logistics Operations Manufacturing HQ
OMS Branch
ERP
WMS
Branch
Business Visibility
Rules
Custom
GR-AWARE
GR AWARE GR-LIVE
GR LIVE GR-MAKE
GR MAKE Solutions
Asset Tracking Logistics Manufacturing
Solution Accelerator 1 Solution Accelerator 2 Solution Accelerator 3
Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t Components
C t
iMotion
Vendor X Vendor Y GPS Passive Active
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21. Hosted or Installed
► Application
Features
► Edge Device Control
► Remote Monitoring
2020
22. What is your experience with, and perspective on, Managed
Services, or hosted deployment methods for RFID solutions?
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23. What are the primary benefits and barriers to adoption for
MS/hosted deployment models in RFID as your recent market
experience informs you?
p y
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24. Are these drivers/ barriers persistent? Transient? How do you
see the MS/ hosted opportunities/ requirements evolving during
the next 6-12 months?
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25. What regions, markets, and/or applications do you perceive
pioneering this business model? Why?
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26. RFID Managed Services: Research Objectives
• Global geographic coverage
• Enterprise-user analysis
• RFID supplier, managed services partner, channel analysis
• RFID solution provider capabilities and position analysis
• Definition of managed services offerings for RFID solutions and
analysis of currently available offerings.
Study Publication Date Founding Sponsorship Period
Dec 2009 Through September 30, 2009
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27. Q&A Session
Thank You for Attending this VDC Webcast
For more information about VDC Research’s coverage of the global
markets for RFID technologies – including the Managed Services – RFID
Solutions: 2009 Market Requirements and Opportunity Analysis – please
contact:
Drew Nathanson
AutoID & Transaction Automation Practice
email: andrewn@vdcresearch.com
phone: 508-653-9000 ext. 148
web: http://www.vdcresearch.com
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