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Do you see value in linking People (HR) with Space (ERP), Security, Camera's, Calendaring, and Energy?
I need some feedback, we have created a platform that allows us to integrate any data source within an enterprise and model that data to the physical infrastructure. This includes linking people to spaces and tracking the resulting metadata for accurate departmental chargebacks. We have cast a wide net and need to focus on the true business value, your input would be appreciated. http://ceportbsp.com
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There is potentially much value in such linkages and integrations. The key to unlocking that value, however, is in delivering the information in forms that are clear, easy to understand and actionable by non-technical business decision-makers. And since every business is different, the criteria for determining what is "clear," "easy to understand" and "actionable" will change at least a bit from organization to organization. Your solution's focus on managing data, not devices, and on remaining technology-neutral should help you to be able to feed and tailor relevant information in any of a variety of ways. What would really help, however, are templates that deliver at least basic forms of such information tailoring "out of the box," requiring little to no customization by users before they start seeing that value. Creation and ranking the value of such templates might be something around which you and your company should form an online community, which would increase engagement of your users and perhaps their perception of the value of your solution. Good luck!
I'm probably the wrong one to ask; however, I'll offer my opinion anyway.
First, in my view, it is highly unlikely that any contribution made such a system is likely to elevate or eliminate any firm's bottleneck -- the thing that is keeping the company from delivering more Throughput tomorrow than they do today. The "bottleneck" is, therefore, the thing that is keeping the company from making more profit tomorrow than they are making today. As a result, there should be zero investment (I) in such a solution based on:
ROI = (delta-T minus delta-OE) / delta-I, where T = Throughput (Revenues minus Truly Variable Costs), OE = Operating Expense, and I = Investment
Second, I have a very low opinion of internal chargebacks. Since chargebacks are nothing more than internal accounting activities that provide no value-added to the customer, and because what matters is the performance [(T - OE)/I] for the system (the firm) as a whole, generally a firm should invest NONE of its limited resources (e.g., time, energy, money) on such non-value-add activities.
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