Wearable equipment rapid infiltration enterprise market change is inevitable

December 15 News, according to foreign media reports, wearable equipment appeared like a hurricane swept the industry. Clothes and accessories that rely on chips and built-in sensors have come to people's eyes, from watches to eyeglasses to wearing devices. More importantly, the market does not seem to be slowing down. In fact, according to IDTechEx's data, the market for wearable equipment is estimated to be over 7 billion dollars by 2024.

Wearable equipment in the workplace will also become ubiquitous, especially for large high-tech companies that are famous for innovation and change. If companies hear that they can monitor their employees anytime and anywhere, the employer of any company will not want to try. It will be an excellent way to improve work efficiency, aside from the acceptance of employees.

For some enterprises, wearable equipment will significantly improve the company's work flow and production capacity evaluation accuracy. With the data collected from these devices, the company's understanding of its employees will reach new levels.

Wearable devices redefine human resources with large data

The appearance of wearable equipment allows the enterprise to collect a large amount of daily data from employees so that it can be based on the employee's data for future scheduled forecast analysis.

In addition, employees themselves consider wearable equipment to be a real opportunity. A study by PwC of 1000 American adults shows that 77% of respondents think one of the most important benefits of wearable technology is that it can make its work more efficient and tap its potential. 46% said they believed companies should invest in wearable technology for their employees.

The large data information collected by these wearable devices can increase productivity, increase employee participation, and even reduce the number of sick leave for employees. The use of these data may also significantly change the existing incentive mechanisms. Wearable equipment not only allows employees to attend meetings anytime, but the real value of the enterprise will be real-time insight and collect information about employees.

For example, wearable devices can make it easy for employers to track employee time allocations and quickly identify inefficient employees. This information may have a huge impact on the company's ROI and create new ways to increase employee engagement based on employee preferences and habits.

The ability to provide real-time insight and analysis through wearable equipment can even help newcomers to new jobs better integrate into the company. For example, the entry and training manuals pre-installed into wearable equipment are a good idea. Given that many High-tech giants face the challenge of attracting and retaining top talent, ensuring that the relationship between employers and employees moves in the right direction from the first day will be an important issue in ensuring employee loyalty.

More powerful are wearable devices in medical and health technology applications. The health features of wearable devices, such as Fitbit or Samsung Gear, will allow employers to understand their employees ' personal habits. Employers may find that employees are in poor health, need to lose weight or improve other health indicators, and can even track their body posture, such as sitting or standing.

It sounds creepy, though. But imagine a wearable product that advises an employee to take the stairs instead of taking the elevator or a healthy diet instead of eating junk food. Then the employer rewards them for the choices they make. It would be an ideal situation for employees to get healthier bodies and employers to reduce sick time.

Employee Privacy nightmare?

As with any new technology, there are always security and privacy issues. Wearable equipment is likely to complicate the problem. According to the PwC survey cited earlier, 82% of respondents feared that wearable devices violated their privacy, while 86% per cent thought wearable devices made them more vulnerable to data security vulnerabilities. If you lose your smartphone or tablet, information can easily be erased. The question is, can wearable devices provide the same functionality?

Wearable devices can tap into some of the most sensitive information, making it easy to become a hacker's ideal target. Connecting to an unsecured WiFi network outside the workplace can make it easy for employees to steal information about wearable devices. Of course, the ability to share data with wearable devices can also cause sensitive business information to fall into the hands of others. Keeping information safe will be a daunting task as more and more employees use their personal wearable equipment in the workplace.

Although the introduction of new technology with a variety of headache problems, wearable equipment will inevitably play an increasingly important role in the business sector. The adoption of innovative, modern technology to enhance the experience of the staff, for High-tech companies is a proposal can not be rejected. But before employers introduce wearable equipment, they need to develop new privacy and security guidelines to deal with the potential pitfalls of the technology.

An unavoidable New world.

Through the perception of employees ' daily work, wearable equipment can give us more accurate work efficiency and detail data. If properly used and appropriate security measures, wearable equipment can be given to staff a higher level of participation, so that staff more efficient, increase the competitiveness of enterprises.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)