Build a Business Case

Get Approval, Secure Funding and Measure Success

Arm your techs with Maximo data at the point of performance

In today's enterprise environment, building a business case is becoming a necessity as accountability increases and the tolerance for inaction decreases. The business case for mobile adoption will allow you to build a concrete strategy around your existing business process and challenges, communicate your intentions, receiving funding approval and establish a measurement for success.

The benefits of mobility are tenfold, but it is critical to remember the principal net benefit: SMART Mobile Suite extends and expedites data to - and -from the point of performance without reliance on paperwork for operating cost controls. SMART offers an affordable alternative to paperwork - freeing your organization, empowering your workers and offering a rapid return on investment.

So how do you build a business case?

Outline Processes
Determine the paper-driven business processes within your organization or department. Whether on a plant floor, working a stockroom, or out in the field, how would mobile data management surpass paper? What is the status quo for handling these processes? How is data gathered, entered, communicated and stored? Who is involved in the process? Now is the time to map out your existing business processes start-to-finish.

Identify Challenges
Next, examine the challenges you face. Are workers spending time tripping back to dispatch or searching for information? Are they fully prepared on the job? Is productivity lost duplicating efforts with end-of-day paperwork and data entry? What inefficiencies challenge your organization, its processes and your employees? Identification helps you address them thoroughly as you construct your business plan.

Measure Returns
Finally, set a value for mobile efficiency and your return on investment. Collaborate with the process owner; understand the value of productivity and improved data collection. For example, if a remote technician without paperwork can reorganize his day to spend more time performing maintenance, interfacing with customers, completing inspections and more - think of the operational savings and revenue opportunities per mobile employee using SMART.