Beacons are channeling the power of the Internet so it can be applied to food processing, opening-up opportunities to improve food safety, reducing risks, optimizing efficiency and cutting costs.

1. BEACONS CHANGING
MANUFACTURING FOR
GOOD
What, Why & How – Steve Statler
www.statlerconsulting.com

2. WHO?
Ayush Jain
• CEO - Mindbowser Info Solutions
• IoT solutions Chatbots Development, BLE
Solutions, Mobile and Web App
Development
• Admin - ‘Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)’
group on LinkedIn
• 1500+ members, most active BLE group on
LinkedIn
• Editor - ‘The IoT Magazine’
• Contributors include Bloggers, Experts,
Authors and Developers across the
industries

3. WHO?
Steve Statler
• Strategy -
• @ Qualcomm Retail Solutions
• Home of Gimbal – Supplier to Apple, MLB,
NFL, SXSW
• Consultant –
• Beacon Solution Design, Vendor Selection,
Business Modeling, Strategy, IP
• Author –
• Beacon Technologies – The Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Beacosystem
• Blog / Podcast –
• Interviewing Leaders of the Beacosystem
www.hhgb.us

4. AGENDA
• Vision
• What
• Why
• How
• Q&A - Tweet questions to @stevestatler

5. VISION: IOT - DIGITAL TO PHYSICAL
CONVERGENCE
• The power of cloud computing applied to
brick and mortar
• Know where everything is in real time
• Web analytics for people, materials,
products & tools
• Amazon applied to real world retail, SCM,
ERP & WMS
• Doubling Google’s Revenue

6. PROXIMITY SENSORS DEPLOYED
GLOBALLY
879,500
3,349,000
5,103,500
6,201,000
8,273,500
11,770,500
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016

7. 400 MILLION BLUETOOTH
BEACON SHIPMENTS IN 2020
ABI Research

8. WHAT ?
BEACONS IN RETAIL

9. Strong Signal – Immediate
Medium Signal - NearWeak Signal - FarGateway
Gateway
Gateway
Beacon
WHAT ?
BEACONS IN MANUFACTURING

10. WHY
Asset Tracking – Pallets,
People, Product & Tools
Workforce
Management
Safety
Traceability
Contamination
Avoidance
Equipment
monitoring

11. HOW
Learning &
Vision
Feasibility &
Project
Selection
Vendor
Selection
Integration
Phased
Deployment

12. Q&A
www.mindbowser.com
www.theiotmagazine.com
www.statlerconsulting.com