McKinsey Global Report on IoT
Have you noticed how much hype IoT is getting? Seems you can't open an article on the subject without becoming overwhelmed by the tremendous economic figures being quoted. Estimates range between$3T-$19T (depending on the source) for the period of 2020-2025. While these are truly impressive figures, I believe that the focus should not be on the overall global economic impact as much as the real need to help solve actual customer issues. This report does a nice job of summarizing this and here are a couple of areas of particular interest to me that I've pasted below. A Link to the report is below:
Technology. For widespread adoption of the Internet of Things, the cost of basic hardware must continue to drop. Low-cost, low-power sensors are essential, and the price of MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) sensors, which are used in smartphones, has dropped by 30 to 70 percent in the past five years. A similar trajectory is needed for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and other hardware to make IoT tracking practical for low-value, high-volume items in package delivery and retailing. Progress in inexpensive, low-cost battery power is also needed to keep distributed sensors and active tags operating. In almost all applications, low-cost data communication links (both short distance and long distance) are essential......
Interoperability. As noted, the ability of IoT devices and systems to work together is critical for realizing the full value of IoT applications; without interoperability, at least 40 percent of potential benefits cannot be realized. Adopting open standards is one way to accomplish interoperability. Interoperability can also be achieved by implementing systems or platforms that enable different IoT systems to communicate with one another.
Organization and talent. IoT combines the physical and digital worlds, challenging conventional notions of organizational responsibilities. Traditionally, the IT organization was separate and distinct from the operating organization that is charged with managing the physical environment. In a retail store, for example, the IT function managed the point-of-sale machine, but little else. In an IoT world, IT is embedded in physical assets and inventory and directly affects the business metrics against which the operations are measured, so these functions will have to be much more closely aligned. Furthermore, companies not only need access to knowledge about how IoT systems work (on staff or via a partner/supplier relationship), but they also need the capacity and mindset to use the Internet of Things to guide data-driven decision making, as well as the ability to adapt their organizations to new processes and business models.
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