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

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

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

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

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

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

400 MILLION BLUETOOTH
BEACON SHIPMENTS IN 2020
ABI Research

WHAT ?
BEACONS IN RETAIL

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

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

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

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