Globe cites efficiency gains with M2M solutions

MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom Inc. is pushing for the adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, citing that this has helped logistics and delivery firms improve their productivity and efficiencies by 30 percent.

Reynaldo Lugtu Jr., vice president and head of information technology-enabled services group (IG) at Globe, said the adoption of M2M solutions has driven the growth of business and enterprises through information and communications techonology (ICT).

“In the Philippines, Globe Telecom has been helping logistics and delivery firms improve their productivity and gain efficiencies by as much as 30 percent by employing M2M for tracking and monitoring delivery trucks,” he stressed.

He explained that providers and end-users in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Spain also reported huge business gains among their banking, utility, logistics and other enterprise clients.

He pointed out that the global economy is ready for M2M as the “next big source of productivity,” despite productivity slowdowns in the past years.

Lugtu was the lone Philippine participant and panelist during the recent Asia M2M Business Platform Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, one of Asia’s leading conferences addressing issues facing the adoption of the technology in the region.

Globe IG serves the IT requirements of Philippine businesses, from small and medium enterprises to large corporations, empowering them with a large platform of best-in-class infrastructure such as industry-accredited data centers, cloud solutions and managed services as well as a complete portfolio of business applications like machine-to-machine and productivity tools.

Despite reports of a decrease in global productivity in the past years, Lugtu said connected devices are steadily transforming businesses and opening up new services.

“With huge improvements on M2M infrastructure, applications, devices, hardware and software vendors, prime movers of M2M such as Globe IG are poised to greatly contribute to productivity gains by organizations and the global economy in general,” he added.

He said industries that could largely reap huge productivity gains from M2M include logistics and trading companies through trip optimization, improvement of service level, and increased protection against theft and pilferage by using a fleet management solution.

He added that the local manufacturing, trading, and banking sectors could maximize productivity through predictive maintenance and increase efficiency gains by eliminating of on-site maintenance and inspections.

M2M solutions help automate many processes resulting in cost savings, operational efficiency gains, process and productivity improvements, speedy decision-making capabilities and even additional revenue streams among companies and organizations.

Global IT experts forecast M2M connections to reach 116 million by 2015 across the Asia Pacific region, and over two billion globally by 2021.