Friday, July 6, 2012

Stanley Healthcare Solutions, Update July 6, 2012

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Asset Management for Healthcare continues to follow and recap significant events concerning the  Stanley Black and Decker acquisition of Aeroscout.  The blog has consistently led announcements concerning the acquisition.  Here are quotes from some prior posts relevant to the latest news.  Please check the blog archives to read the related threads.

May 21, 2012 -Moving down to where Aeroscout may fall, I found no list of who directly manages Stanley Healthcare Solutions (SHS) - no general manager, no CEO, no SVP.  There were no links back to the Stanley Black and Decker website, either.

May 24, 2012 - So, what’s the best structure to work out those redundancies and what part will Aeroscout play in the streamlining the hardware, software and professional services?  Perhaps this is where the reports of having Aeroscout to act as a research and development center may come into play.  Or will InfoLogix take that lead?  We will find out soon enough.

In saying that, I am more curious to learn whether Stanley Healthcare Solutions will continue to fall under Stanley Black and Decker’s security segment.

First, let’s answer the question of whether a Stanley Black and Decker senior executive would emerge as clearly the person in charge of Stanley Healthcare Solution?   And the answer is … yes.  Bert Davis is now the Senior Vice President and President of  Stanley Healthcare Solutions.   His previous title was Chief Information Officer/SFS (The Stanley Fulfillment System).  This appears to mean that Stanley Healthcare Solutions no longer falls under the security sector.  So, 2 questions from the previous blog posts are answered.

The question of what’s the best structure to work out the hardware, service, and application redundancies, that structure is clearly The Stanley Fulfillment System.  The Stanley Fulfillment System is more than a business unit.  It is a philosophy and a practice that drives operational improvement, profitability, and value to the customer.  This includes streamlining technology platforms which leads to more understandable solutions for the customer.  That means a clearly defined mission and additional resources for the Chief Technology Officer.

In other words, a great deal of that focus and resources may be headed straight for Stanley Healthcare.  The amount of the load, C-23 Sherpa, C-130 Hercules, or C-17 Globemasters’ worth…?  We will have to assess that in the future.

Then… there is the matter of Joel Cook’s new position.  He is now the Director of Healthcare.  His former public profile stated Sales Director, West Region Healthcare for Aeroscout.   Joel was one of the positive influences I encountered during the project of which I wrote about in my book, Covering Your Assets By Exposing The Butt-Ugly Truth.  He has the ability to leave an executive sales meeting and walk right into to dicey implementation and straighten it out, including troubleshooting why different technologies are not producing the desired outcome.  I am not saying that there aren’t other sales and marketing types who can do the same.  In fact, I know that there are others.  I am just pointing out that I believe he understands the RTLS environment as it relates to healthcare along with the variety of technologies and techniques we need.  He is teamed up with a former CIO deeply involved in The Stanley Fulfillment System.  It shows that Stanley did not just buy a company and put the plans for it on the back burner.

Here is the recount: The Stanley Fulfillment System, a single, clearly identifiable leader, the realignment of Bert Davis and Joel Cook, possibly a research center sitting in Israel and Stanley Healthcare Solutions seems to no longer fall under the Security Segment.  I am not sure who makes up the rest of the team but my overall impression - this is a positive directional shift for Stanley Healthcare Solutions.

Will the team meld into one?  How long will it take the new 
leaders to drive the hardware, service, and applications 
through The Stanley Fulfillment System?  We will have to 
track that as well.

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