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Tag: Cost Containment

Fully Managed Mobility Service

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CANNON TURNS MOBILITY INTO A BUSINESS ENABLER TO DELIVER BETTER PATIENT CARE FOR MOBILE IMAGING COMPANY

PROBLEM

A leading mobile imaging company serving 7,000 facilities nationwide wanted to upgrade all employees to smartphones so that they could easily deploy a home-grown application that would more efficiently dispatch techs. They also needed help managing their highly active mobile estate as well as the associated increasing costs and support needs. They had neither the expertise nor the resources to shoulder this massive undertaking.

SOLUTION

In need of a service that would allow them to offload fulfillment, help desk support, expense management, optimization and project management, the customer employed Cannon’s Mobility Management solution. With that, Cannon managed everything from interfacing with users and carriers to getting over 400 devices in the right hands in a short time period to ensuring critical applications ware maximized.

RESULTS

By focusing more on serving patients and less on managing IT complexities, the company is fulfilling their purpose in the market and commitment to providing superior care to patients. By putting the right controls in place, Cannon turned mobility into a business enabler for the client—transforming how people work and the way business is conducted.

Orchestrating 10x Bandwidth

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CANNON GROUP HELPS LEADING PROPANE COMPANY ACHIEVE 10X BANDWIDTH INCREASE AND 10% REDUCTION IN COMMUNICATIONS SPENDING

PROBLEM

America’s largest propane company grows its business in large part through the acquisition of other high-quality propane companies across the country. With each acquisition, however, they inherit new communication technologies. As such, they needed a repeatable process that could identify the various technologies in place, pare it all down per the needs of internal customers and integrate into their current network. In an environment of high activity and constant change, their internal IT resources did not have the bandwidth to manage this complex undertaking on an ongoing basis. And the longer they waited after each acquisition to get a handle on the IT landscape, the more money they were wasting on technology that was not needed.

SOLUTION

Cannon Group employed a tightly managed process to understand which technology was contractually in place, what services were deployed at which locations and which of those were still needed—along with all associated expenses. Cannon then partnered with the client to convert and integrate the remaining technology into the existing network.

RESULTS

Cannon Group redesigned how the customer manages changing systems, processes and technology across the entire business for greater savings and productivity. To date, the client has seen a 10X bandwidth increase with a 10% drop in communications spending.

Complex RFP for SD-WAN

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CANNON GROUP DELIVERS 46% ANNUAL SAVINGS FOR LEADING MANUFACTURING COMPANY THROUGH GLOBAL VENDOR CONSOLIDATION

PROBLEM

One of the world’s largest paper companies wanted to upgrade their network and move to an SD-WAN solution across five different international regions. They needed the right mix of vendors who could support them globally, offer the appropriate service levels needed for the global network, implement in a timely manner and ultimately deliver savings.

SOLUTION

Cannon Group was chosen to manage this complex RFP process for their global network. Because five international regions were involved, Cannon’s approach included a review of each region separately, followed by a holistic assessment across the entire enterprise and recommendations for a consolidated set of vendors. They negotiated price and service levels—a cumbersome back-and-forth process that required superior negotiation expertise. With each round of negotiations for the multiple vendors across the global network, the Cannon team also performed highly complex financial modeling of baseline vs. proposed spend, then delivered those insights to the customer in an easy-to-digest format to support an informed decision.

RESULTS

By consolidating vendors from four to two, Cannon helped the customer achieve $5M (46%) in annual savings. Additionally, the client was able to deploy the newer network technology along with higher bandwidth to meet emerging business needs. Improved performance levels should be achieved along with opportunities to leverage the available bandwidth.

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