Elevating building operations with Energy Management in Retail
Five Considerations When Choosing an AI Solution for Your Retail Enterprise
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Skip to main contentYou probably realize that the winning approach for implementing Internet of Things IoT building management strategy in facility operations involves setting key goals and objectives, running a successful pilot, and then expanding that program across the entire portfolio in a phased manner. The key to a successful implementation depends on identifying the primary key tasks, deliverables, and process steps, which include developing a baseline for current building performance, organizing and commissioning adequate requisite resources, and ensuring your team is aligned with the desired outcomes.
This checklist will help you organize and set you up for a smooth IoT implementation. It is a 7-step guide that covers the critical elements you need to be successful. Cover all these aspects and you’re on your way towards transforming the management of your store’s energy, maintenance, and equipment operations.
Here is a basic 7-step checklist that covers the key phrases that you should go through as you prepare to kick off IoT-based Intelligent Buildings implementation for your stores.
Key objective: establish a baseline against which project performance outcomes and success criteria will be measured.
Key objective: establish expected project pre-requisites, resources, and desired outcomes.
Key objective: utilize baseline data gathered to identify/document strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis.
Key objective: develop key criteria, end-user requirements, and bill of materials for project deliverables.
Key objective: utilize preferred purchasing process (i.e. SOW/RFI/RFP/Pilot) to identify, evaluate, select, and implement IoT strategy as developed to meet and exceed defined outcomes and performance expectations.
Key objective: identify executive sponsor and project ownership; plan, align and properly resource execution and implementation requirements. Ensure organizational ownership, accountability, and visibility to all phases and resources. Ensure system-wide organizational buy-in pre-rollout, identify obstacles to the change management process early on, and develop solutions and resolution processes to avoid program derailment.
Key objective: Ensure rigorous and zero-defect approach is utilized throughout the deployment.
From executive leadership to business managers to IT teams, different stakeholders may have completely different ideas about what objectives an IoT implementation must accomplish, and what strategy would get them closest to achieving that objective. Setting the right expectations upfront and having a crystal-clear plan, project rationale, and executive sponsorship, along with well-defined criteria for selecting a particular vendor, technology or approach is vital for a successful implementation. Recognize that while project management is often more art than science, the more scientific the process that’s utilized to manage the strategic implementation, the higher the statistical probability of successful outcomes.
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Ed Carney, Sr. Sales Manager, National Accounts
Ed leads business development and sales management to national account customers across North America. He focuses on delivering energy management, AI-enabled IoT solutions, and intelligent building management software and services driving energy and maintenance savings for multi-site operators in the retail, food service, and grocery verticals.