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Table 17: Total Benefits, Risk-Adjusted
Benefits
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Total
Present
value
Reduction in on-going administrative cost
$96,185
$96,185
$96,185
$288,554
$239,197
Reduction in on-going RF monitoring and
rogue access point detection
rogue access point detection
$36,000 $36,000 $36,000
$108,000 $89,527
Reduction in help desk support costs
$79,920
$79,920
$79,920
$239,760
$198,749
Improvement
in
end-user
productivity
$16,200 $16,200 $16,200 $48,600 $40,287
Reduction in administrative time to set up
and monitor guest accesses
and monitor guest accesses
$7,776 $7,776 $7,776
$23,328
$19,338
Improvement in visitors' productivity —
cost to the business
cost to the business
$24,300 $24,300 $24,300 $72,900 $60,431
Total
benefits
$260,381 $260,381 $260,381 $781,142 $647,529
Source: Forrester Research, Inc.
Flexibility
Flexibility, as defined by TEI, represents an investment in additional capacity or capability that could
be turned into business benefit for some future additional investment. Flexibility benefits typically
increase with the scalability of the technology investment. This provides an organization with the
“right” or ability to engage in future initiatives but not the obligation to do so. In the case of this
investment, a customer might choose to purchase additional services including location tracking
with the intention of future scalability.
be turned into business benefit for some future additional investment. Flexibility benefits typically
increase with the scalability of the technology investment. This provides an organization with the
“right” or ability to engage in future initiatives but not the obligation to do so. In the case of this
investment, a customer might choose to purchase additional services including location tracking
with the intention of future scalability.
One of the interviewed organizations — a medical device manufacturer — has implemented
location tracking services to support quality assurance processes when it activated RFID within its
manufacturing facility. Every unit and/or package is read and marked electronically before being
shipped to doctors and hospitals and after it is received by the organization from doctors or
hospitals. The quality assurance unit monitors and identifies units completed and shipped with
100% certainty. This has resulted not only in reduction in loss of items but also reduced time and
effort to track and monitor each product within each package. Knowing that the units are shipped
correctly with 100% certainty provides information required to recover a loss. Flexibility could also
be quantified if evaluated as part of a specific project (described in more detail in Appendix A).
location tracking services to support quality assurance processes when it activated RFID within its
manufacturing facility. Every unit and/or package is read and marked electronically before being
shipped to doctors and hospitals and after it is received by the organization from doctors or
hospitals. The quality assurance unit monitors and identifies units completed and shipped with
100% certainty. This has resulted not only in reduction in loss of items but also reduced time and
effort to track and monitor each product within each package. Knowing that the units are shipped
correctly with 100% certainty provides information required to recover a loss. Flexibility could also
be quantified if evaluated as part of a specific project (described in more detail in Appendix A).