[Talk track:]In order foroil andgas companies to be successful and achieve long-term sustainable and profitable growth, they must:Manage operations performance and risk – Safely, efficiently, and effectively operate the company’s production and/or refining assets that comprise the bulk of its costs.Maximize the profitable management and operation of the supply chain – Be responsive to the increasingly volatile market and taking advantage.Capitalize on dynamic market opportunities – Recognize that, with a commodity product, it is service and price that will maintain satisfaction and loyalty.Providing for the world’s growing energy needs reliably and sustainably is hampered by distributed processes, information across an often widely distributed workforce.Result: Operational inefficiency resulting in excessive costs Delivery failures and lost opportunities Lost market opportunities and lost customer loyalty
[Talk track:]In order foroil andgas companies to be successful and achieve long-term sustainable and profitable growth, they must:Manage operations performance and risk – Safely, efficiently, and effectively operate the company’s production and/or refining assets that comprise the bulk of its costs.Maximize the profitable management and operation of the supply chain – Be responsive to the increasingly volatile market and taking advantage.Capitalize on dynamic market opportunities – Recognize that, with a commodity product, it is service and price that will maintain satisfaction and loyalty.Providing for the world’s growing energy needs reliably and sustainably is hampered by distributed processes, information across an often widely distributed workforce.Result: Operational inefficiency resulting in excessive costs Delivery failures and lost opportunities Lost market opportunities and lost customer loyalty
[Talk track:]Much of the world today operates in a mobile environment – and business is no exception. Business processes no longer require people to be tied to their desktops or landlines. As your employees, customers, partners, and the rest of the business ecosystem becomes mobile, companies are asking themselves the following questions: How can mobility solutions help us do what we do better?What simple tasks could businesspeople perform at any time, regardless of physical location?What are the five top-priority business services that could be delivered through mobile devices better , faster, and cheaper?Mobility can help make business processes more efficient and more cost-effective, for all types of businesspeople – executives, line-of-business managers, business consumers and individual users – as well as consumers and ecosystem. A telling example is that of approval workflows. Approvers no longer need to be logged on at desktop computers to approve requests, but can do so anywhere, which can drastically cut down the process time and increase employee productivity.
[Talk track:]How can oil andgas companies harness the power of mobility?Within Operations ithelps you ensure continuity and performance by delivering instant, paperless information about assets, operations, or risks via mobile devices.Within Supply chain it provides immediate visibility and ability to respond to the very dynamic commodity markets. Getreal-time visibility into order status, inventories,vessel,pipeline performance, and so on, enabling you to immediately sense and respond to events and changes – which results in improved profitability and service.Within Sales it has benefits for both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) scenarios. In B2B, your sales force has instant access to any customer information they need, including current orders, inventories, and more, enabling them to reduce the sales cycles and improve service. In B2C, you can reach and attract customers with fuel prices and offers based on location and buying habits. Think coupon offers for convenience items in the store alongside the pump’s fuel price or combined fuel and car wash offers after a storm.Additional points to raise: Besides LOB-specific aspects for mobility in oil and gas, there are other more cross-industry and cross-LOB opportunities in which mobility can be transformational. Among those are:Executive dashboards – Help corporate and LOB executives gain insight into business performance and make intelligent decisions in real time from any place.Approval and workflow – Allow people to approve activities like purchase orders or vacation requests “on the fly.”
[Talk track:]Successful construction companies confidently expand the business. In the wake of the economic meltdown, successful construction firms take advantage of the uncertainty in this sluggish economic recovery, by focusing on three important areas of the business:Maximizing resource productivity and increasing profitabilityThis is fundamental: lower cost, increased margins. A mobile strategy can help achieve this.Outcome Improve average project margin and reduce project margin variance.Managing operations and mitigating financial riskIt may not be enough to just “trim the fat.” Compliance issues, safety regulations, shifting labor, andresource costs all factor into maintaining and growing the business.Outcome Better ability to process and monetize project scope changes.Establishing revenue streams with complete lifecycle services Growth can come from developing and monetizing new services.Outcome Develop more business opportunities, and generate more revenue.
[Talk track:]Much of the world today operates in a mobile environment – and business is no exception. Business processes no longer require people to be tied to their desktops or landlines. As your employees, customers, partners, and the rest of the business ecosystem becomes mobile, companies are asking themselves the following questions: How can mobility solutions help us do what we do better?What simple tasks could businesspeople perform at any time, regardless of physical location?What are the five top-priority business services that could be delivered through mobile devices better , faster, and cheaper?Mobility can help make business processes more efficient and more cost-effective, for all types of businesspeople – executives, line-of-business managers, business consumers and individual users – as well as consumers and ecosystem. A telling example is that of approval workflows. Approvers no longer need to be logged on at desktop computers to approve requests, but can do so anywhere, which can drastically cut down the process time and increase employee productivity.
[Talk track:]How can construction companies harness the power of mobility? With mobile devices, employees can improve communications across the project team.Result Leveraging a mobile platform can create more efficiency by reducing errors and speeding up response times to more task-focused processes. In addition, a mobile platform allows the ability to proactively adjust to project scope changes quicker, avoiding cost.Result Better project control through improved project oversight , subcontractor management, and reduced material delay cost.And the link between operations and finance is crucial to keeping margins in control, by extending performance information through mobile devices. Result Much better project transparency. Engineers and project managers in the field can access or be alerted to criticalinformation, anytime, anywhere.
[Talk track:]To support citizens and add value to the community, governments must be efficient stewards of taxpayer funds and work closely with many partners. When they successfully support citizens and communities, they build trust, resulting in a robust and supportive community.To achieve long-term sustainable and efficient growth, you must focus on critical success factors:Responding faster and smarter, for satisfied citizensUnderstanding and anticipating dynamic citizen needsConsistently targeting the highest-value government service or program opportunitiesImmediate visibility: This requires immediate, secure access to multiple information sources from various agencies. Government officials need the best resources for assessments or decisions. Mobility lets them make rapid decisions and stay connected, secure, and informed.Coordinating citizen services, public safety, and security needs: Law enforcement, social services, tax collection, and grants can be rapidly resolved when officials are out of the office.They can do their job without being “chained to the desk.”Managing the bottom line: Citizens can depend on a government that uses innovative technology like mobility. This includes top-line decisions that need to be made rapidly and efficiently to ensure bottom-line results and citizen quality of life and satisfaction. Source information: Positioning Central - https://positioning.pal.sap.corp/Overall message: SAP software helps governments at all levels improve fiscal stability, accountability, and growth, improve policy, program, and operational performance, and provide responsive citizen-centric services while enhancing the quality of life.Middle column – Associated with citizen services – including safety and security https://positioning.pal.sap.corp/topic/16996/final
[Talk track:]Much of the world today operates in a mobile environment – and business is no exception. Business processes no longer require people to be tied to their desktops or landlines. As your employees, customers, partners, and the rest of the business ecosystem becomes mobile, companies are asking themselves the following questions: How can mobility solutions help us do what we do better?What simple tasks could businesspeople perform at any time, regardless of physical location?What are the five top-priority business services that could be delivered through mobile devices better , faster, and cheaper?Mobility can help make business processes more efficient and more cost-effective, for all types of businesspeople – executives, line-of-business managers, business consumers and individual users – as well as consumers and ecosystem. A telling example is that of approval workflows. Approvers no longer need to be logged on at desktop computers to approve requests, but can do so anywhere, which can drastically cut down the process time and increase employee productivity.
[Talk track:]How can these capabilities help to transform public sector organizations?Government headquarters andadministrative organizations: Program management teams can analyze government and citizen data while outside the office to improve productivity and keep business processes moving.Leadership and program managers teams can improve value to citizens by being productive and keeping decisions and workflow moving.Government servicesorganizations and citizen services: Government officials can work from any device and maintain information securely.Case workers can evaluate social services cases in the field.Fraud or claims investigators can make real-time assessments and even initiate payments, for exponentially higher citizen service.Citizens can report concerns, suspicious activities, or requests for service and see an immediate response. Decision makers can drive sustainable progress by simulating and optimizing planned activities to better manage programs.Public safety and security: Investigators can continue in real time to work on cases and investigations, eliminating the need to return to the office to update their files.Police gain improved situational awareness by gathering suspicious activity reports from citizens and making reports while on patrol.Police can view the resources in their vicinity in real time and communicate more easily across a single mobile platform.
[Talk track:]It is estimated that 50% of higher-value purchases start at a person’s desk at work, then proceed to price and feature comparison with a mobile device, a visit to a store, and a purchase, either in store or via Web or mobile with home delivery. A truly integrated shopping experience using online mobile technology and social networks has changed the speed and service expectations of shopping. Personalized customer interaction Understand your customers, what they are buying, and when and where. What is the key to targeting customers with products and services that will interest them and keep them buying from you?Retailers have massive amounts of customer information; you must gain insight into your customers and then, in real time, offer products and service that are relevant and appealing from any different channel or device.Identify and seize new opportunitiesThe speed of product introduction is increasing in all segments. New products need to interest and excite consumer sand target their lifestyles. You need to analyze internal and external data sources to understand developing trends and opportunities. You need to quickly anticipate these trends and plan assortments that respond to them across your channels and store locations. Accelerating fulfillment lifecycle Multiple inventories by channel and high stock levels to support rapid delivery have driven supply costs up, and aggressive pricing strategies have driven sales down. Add in the complexities of other business channels,and the challenge is multiplied.You need one view of your stock to be able to optimize levels and ensure that customer shipments are delivered on time, in time.
[Talk track:]Much of the world today operates in a mobile environment – and business is no exception. Business processes no longer require people to be tied to their desktops or landlines. As your employees, customers, partners, and the rest of the business ecosystem becomes mobile, companies are asking themselves the following questions: How can mobility solutions help us do what we do better?What simple tasks could businesspeople perform at any time, regardless of physical location?What are the five top-priority business services that could be delivered through mobile devices better , faster, and cheaper?Mobility can help make business processes more efficient and more cost-effective, for all types of businesspeople – executives, line-of-business managers, business consumers and individual users – as well as consumers and ecosystem. A telling example is that of approval workflows. Approvers no longer need to be logged on at desktop computers to approve requests, but can do so anywhere, which can drastically cut down the process time and increase employee productivity.
How mobility can help transform retail companies:Improve decision making and increase productivityThe speed of retailing today means that staff have to anticipate and respond to their customer needs at a faster pace. They need access to information that is most crucial to them to make the right choices.Mobile devices help productivity and enable fast decision making, contributing to increased margins and sales performance. Offer superior in-store customer serviceMobile devices across the store will help you deliver excellent customer service and overcome bottlenecks that occur in delivering customer information on stock, pricing, and customer details and secondly completing the sale at busy times of the day.Make mobile an integral part of the customer experience in your store to increase financial performanceImprove consumer convenience People use mobile devices to stay connected to the companies and friends that add value to their lives.Coop Switzerland uses iphones for customers to place grocery orders and agree on a delivery slot. They introduced this when they realized many customers spend an hour on the train to Zurich using their iphones. This is an example of how mobile devices are being used to help our busy lives with services and information that inform, help, and entertain.
[Talk track:]This slide is some of the underpinning messaging for SAP for the carriers segment.While it sounds simple, the issue that most carriers struggle with is getting their assets (people and equipment) and IT working together. Carriers generally have large IT departments, with hundreds of older point systems. Also, they operate in disparate geographical locations, making data sharing a challenge, locally and globally. Basic tasks like orders management are monumental for them.Successful carriers are able to:Coordinate key process (including equipment status and workforce) and make optimal use of capital-intensive and human assetsReduce total maintenance spend through optimal equipment maintenance and uptimeImprove visibility and availability of equipment and assets throughbetter operations rations and customer serviceA lot of success factors are determined by communications (both IT and people) – and,with the disparate IT and physical landscape, communications is not easy. That’s where mobility comes in, to improve these success factors.Using mobile solutions from SAP gives carriers a clearer understanding of their businesses with fast and efficient communications.
[Talk track:]Much of the world today operates in a mobile environment – and business is no exception. Business processes no longer require people to be tied to their desktops or landlines. As your employees, customers, partners, and the rest of the business ecosystem becomes mobile, companies are asking themselves the following questions: How can mobility solutions help us do what we do better?What simple tasks could businesspeople perform at any time, regardless of physical location?What are the five top-priority business services that could be delivered through mobile devices better , faster, and cheaper?Mobility can help make business processes more efficient and more cost-effective, for all types of businesspeople – executives, line-of-business managers, business consumers and individual users – as well as consumers and ecosystem. A telling example is that of approval workflows. Approvers no longer need to be logged on at desktop computers to approve requests, but can do so anywhere, which can drastically cut down the process time and increase employee productivity.
[Talk track:]This slide is about the “business benefits” of mobility for carriers. (The next slide is more of a “use case” of mobility for carriers). Enable better field service communications – Carriers want productive field services communications with the worker and the equipment.Manage your workforce in the field without having them come back to a base to report and for more instructions. Haveimproved workforce scheduling, exception reporting, instant work orders, better equipment utilization, and maintenance scheduling, for reduced cost of ownership.Manage and react quickly to events – Mobility creates a lot of raw data, including visibility, real-time status updates, GPS location, temperature, door openings, and decelerations and collisions. Billions of devices create trillions of data points.Event management lets you use this data, react to it withbetter alerts and status reports, and affect the outcomes with two-way communications. With SAP In-Memory Appliance software (SAP HANA),you can analyze the data for future benefits.The Key is that we are doing this WHILE Operations are happening, and not just post operational analysis. Improve your business by reacting to disruptions and min their impact on operations.Provide outstanding customer service – Customers expect business dealings to be as interactive as their consumer experiences. For example, in today’s banks, you get an SMS alert if you deposit orwithdraw funds.Customers want this type of interaction with their vendors, both ondemand and proactive. They want tailored two-way communications on their own mobile devices, when and where they want it.