Biggest Challenges Implementing Enterprise Mobility

I closed the 2012 Mid-Year Enterprise Mobility Survey today after excellent community participation!  I want to thank everyone for their time in completing it!  I will now start writing up the formal report, but in the mean time I will leak some of the results for you here.

One of the survey sections was titled, "What are your biggest challenges to implementing enterprise mobility today?"  Here are the some of the results:

Finding a budget (for enterprise mobility)?
23% said Not Challenging
53% said Somewhat Challenging
24% said Very Challenging

Developing an enterprise-wide mobile strategy?
8% said Not Challenging
43% said Somewhat Challenging
49% said Very Challenging

Selecting the right mobile platform?
29% said Not Challenging
43% said Somewhat Challenging
28% said Very Challenging

Finding qualified mobility experts to assist with implementations?
18% said Not Challenging
45% said Somewhat Challenging
37% said Very Challenging

Selecting the right mobile security platform?
29% said Not Challenging
46% said Somewhat Challenging
25% said Very Challenging

Choosing the right mobile app development strategy and tools?
21% said Not Challenging
44% said Somewhat Challenging
35% said Very Challenging

Choosing which mobile operating systems to support?
35% said Not Challenging
47% said Somewhat Challenging
18% said Very Challenging

Determining the right ERP integration strategy?
27% said Not Challenging
42% said Somewhat Challenging
22% said Very Challenging

Determining anticipated ROIs (from enterprise mobility implementations)?
16% said Not Challenging
45% said Somewhat Challenging
39% said Very Challenging

Educating stakeholders on the potential impact of enterprise mobility on the business?
13% said Not Challenging
50% said Somewhat Challenging
38% said Very Challenging

Stay tuned for more results....

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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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Enterprise Mobility and the Fog of War

Fog of War

The term of "Fog of War" means "The uncertainty in situation awareness experienced during operations."  It is really hard to manage operations efficiently if you don't know where your people and resources are located.  How can you implement your strategy or fulfill your mission without this knowledge?  Gaining situational awareness is the key to improving productivity in the field.

In the preliminary results of my mid-year enterprise mobility survey, the participants have identified "improved productivity" as the #1 ROI that companies are seeking from enterprise mobility.  This would suggest a need for GPS tracking of your workforce, assets and resources and improved situational awareness.

I recently read that 90% of the challenges that military commanders have are finding the enemy, and finding their own forces.  Knowing the location of your resources enables you to make all kinds of data driven decisions such as:

• Estimated arrival times
• Determining what resources are closest to a job site
• Optimizing routes
• Optimizing schedules
• Identifying the nearest location of materials, supplies and other resources
• etc.

Although it is impossible to eliminate all fog, best in class services organizations are going to invest in the elimination of as much fog as possible.  This takes not only knowing GPS coordinates of your workforce and resources, but having an enterprise mobility solution and real-time analytics and forecasting applications that understand how to use this data to optimize your productivity.

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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly – Week of July 22, 2012

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