Winner - Apple + IBM ICE Case Competition (December 2015)
- Invited to Apple Enterprise Design Lab, Cupertino for a week long product ideation and design workshop
- Pitched the best app idea among 30 teams from Olin Business School
4. Agenda
1. Meet the City Maintenance System
2. Look Inside a 311 City Call Center
3. Introduce SmartCity Service
4. The Technological Disruption
5. Understand the Partnership Impact
7. Define Work
Schedule for
Mechanic
SmartCity Service Flow
Push
Notification Micro-Location
Identify Issue
and Assign to
Relevant
Department
Public Works
or Private
Property?
Task Prioritization using
Public Safety Incidents, Crime,
and Legal Databases
Line up the
inventory
Image
Recognition Micro-Location
Analytics
Resident Informed
Issue Fixed
Maps
13. Insight From Analytics
Prioritize calls by identifying which:
Issues Lead to a
Higher Number of
Health and Safety
Issues
Areas are Prone to
Criminal Activities
in Absence of
Proper Lighting
Public Safety
Incidents Lead to
Higher Number of
Legal Claims
16. Assumptions
• Service Request Process is Similar
• The Efficiency of a Maintenance Worker will
Increase by 33%
• Legal Claims will also Decrease by 33%
• Call Center Volume will Decrease by 30%
17. Litmus Test
Reduces Backlog and
Increases Efficiency of
the City Maintenance
Worker by 33%.
Prioritizes Incidents based
on Historic Crime, Legal,
Public Safety, and
Response Time Data.
Maintenance Workers will
have access to real-time
data on the go.
Maintenance Workers can
focus more on performing
repairs and less on
logistics and incorrect
claims.
Solves Industry Pain Point Powered by Analytics
Made First for Mobile Empowers Employees
20. Local Maintenance Workers
604,000 Local Maintenance workers
$40,000 Average Salary
$20 per Hour on Average
$24 Billion in Salaries per Year
21. Mechanic Savings
Saint Louis
604,000 Maintenance Workers
Pain Point = 33% of his/her Time
$20/Hour on Average per Worker
$8,000,000 per Year
United States
$8,000,000 per Year
Standardized to Population
$8,000,000,000 per Year
22. Call Center Employee Savings
Saint Louis
244,025 Service Requests per Year1
$4.00 per Call
$1,952,200 per Year
United States
18,301,875 Service Requests per Year
$73,207,000 Per Year
23. Saint Louis
311 Call Center Costs $2.27 per Person and 300,000 St. Louis Residents
$681,818 total spent with 30% cost savings
$204,545 savings per year
Call Center Operations Savings
United States:
311 Call Center Costs $2.27 per Person and 300,000,000 US residents
$681,818,000 total spent with 30% cost savings
$204,545,000 savings per year
26. Technology Stack Explained
iBeacon: An iOS technology that provides precise location services
with a precision of 1 meter.
IBM Business Analytics: A suite of analytics that provides deep
insights in business operations of different firms.
IBM Smarter Planet Analytics: A suite of analytics that provides deep
insights on building a smarter planet.
IBM Traffic Analytics: A suite of analytics that provides deep insights
on improving traffic management in cities.
IBM Smarter Cities Analytics: A suite of analytics that provides deep
insights on building a smarter cities.
IBM Public Safety Analytics: A suite of analytics that provides deep
insights on improving public safety.
Doing jobs that aren’t their job
Investigating the report to determine if the job actually needs to be assigned
Ordering the inventory to complete the job
Schedule a time and date for the job to be finished
- Pothole
- Street Light
- Traffic Light
- Dead Animal
- Sidewalk
- Ice/ Algae
State or local level
IBM:
Prioritize jobs based on key criteria, including:
Location
Traffic Patterns
Legal Risk
Historical city data to determine city boundaries
Match pictures to historical work records, inventory and ordering systems
Maps
iBeacon
Siri
Camera
Cities
Traffic
IBM Center for Insights
Public Safety
1: data.lacity.org
1: data.lacity.org
1: data.lacity.org
Pew data set – based on 10 cities’ data (see appendix)