What is the Mobile Supply Chain? Monday, October 6, 3:15 p.m. New customer expectations and supplier strategies are transforming the supply chain from a linear sequence with the customer at the end to an omni-channel process with the customer at the center. Learn how the mobile supply chain provides the critical link between today’s digital customer and an agile value chain. Integration Strategies for Successful Mobile Apps Monday, October 6, 7:20 p.m. The mobile user experience demands that applications provide simpler, more efficient user interfaces. In addition, intermittent connectivity means that applications and business processes must be designed to support users that are not always connected. In this session we explore how integration must adapt to support the new requirements imposed by mobility. Mobile Supply Chain Platform vs. Point Solutions Wednesday, October 8, 3:30 p.m. The digital economy is forcing rapid change in the supply chain. Learn how Aegion Corporation evaluated a platform vs point solution approach to ready themselves for the digital economy. Join the many companies using solutions to develop applications quickly with long-term TCO advantages to capitalize on the digital economy.

1. AEGION CORPORATION:
THE MOBILE SUPPLY CHAIN JOURNEY
Thys Lourens
CIO, Aegion Corporation
Mark Goode
SVP, Global Sales, DSI

2. 1THE MOBILE SUPPLY CHAIN
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THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF A SUPPLY CHAIN

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THE NEW SUPPLY CHAIN REALITY
In the Digital Economy, the Customer Is at the Center

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DSI: THE MOBILE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANY
End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility & Execution Across Industries

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2WHO IS AEGION?

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WHO IS AEGION?
Aegion Corporation is a global leader in infrastructure protection and
maintenance services. The company has 175 facilities in 33 countries.

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WHO IS AEGION?
The Aegion Pipeline Protection Portfolio

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WHO IS AEGION?
The Aegion Family of Companies

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3AEGION’S BUSINESS
CHALLENGES

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AEGION’S BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Company Priorities
• Eliminate time-consuming manual processes in manufacturing facilities
• Maintain visibility into all job sites and facilities, despite location and
connectivity
• Improve information accuracy by allowing operators to capture transactions at
time and place of event
• Improve speed of doing business – employees are on the road all the time
• Be self-sufficient to reduce TCO

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AEGION’S BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Why Mobile?
“We wanted a single mobile development platform
to automate all of our field sales, field service, and
transaction approval needs.”
–Thys Lourens, CIO, Aegion Corporation

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AEGION’S BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Addressing the Needs of Executive Business Sponsors
COO
Accurate tracking of high-cost customer assets at Aegion’s facilities, some
as big as 300 acres, is paramount to on-time delivery of products for our
oil and gas customers on offshore drilling projects.
CFO
Minimize project exposure risks, improve cash flow visibility, and
accurately track backlog.
CIO
Implement single, scalable, integrated solutions to meet business needs
and objectives. A complicated, multi-technology architecture is not
acceptable and certainly isn’t cost-effective.

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4THE SEARCH FOR A
MOBILITY SOLUTION

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FINDING A MOBILITY SOLUTION
Exploring the Alternatives
Before implementing mobility (and, by extension, a mobile supply
chain) at the enterprise level, Aegion needed to evaluate the
alternatives:
Rely on Mobile Functionality in Existing ERP
• Assemble packages and point solutions to meet individual needs
Develop A Tailored, Mobile-Optimized Solution
• Use native device toolkits
• Implement a generic Mobile Application Development Platform (MADP)
• Leverage web technologies (JavaScript, HTML5, etc.)
Build A Mobile Solution
• Development toolkits
• Web services
• Use a comprehensive platform

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FINDING A MOBILITY SOLUTION
What Aegion Needed
• Seamless, certified
integration to existing
systems of record
• Support different user
personas and diverse sites
including manufacturing,
distribution, yards, job sites,
field sales and service, and
corporate finance
• On- and off-premise
functionality
• One centralized platform to
mobilize all needs

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FINDING A MOBILITY SOLUTION
One Platform, A Full Range of Devices and Personas

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5THE RESULTS

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AEGION’S SUPPLY CHAIN EVOLUTION
An Overview of Aegion’s Supply Chain

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AEGION’S SUPPLY CHAIN EVOLUTION
Benefits of Mobility: The Results Are In
Increased
visibility into
WIP inventory
Flexibility to
develop industry-specific
solutions

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AEGION’S SUPPLY CHAIN EVOLUTION
Benefits of Mobility: The Results Are In
Self-Sufficiency
That Reduces
TCO
Efficient Approvals
for Faster End-to-End
Revenue Cycles
Significant
Reductions in
Data Entry Errors

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6ABOUT DSI

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PACIFIC HALL
Booth 24

24. THANK YOU
VISIT US AT Pacific Hall, Booth 24
dsiglobal.com
Mark Goode
+1 913.956.9830
Mark.Goode@dsiglobal.com