Implementing Smart Manufacturing in Smaller Chunks Will Lead to Bigger Success
Digital transformation
is not an easy path to take and may often seem intimidating to those who have
complex use cases in their organizations, making the process difficult. The
trial and error methods of adopting smart manufacturing for the
traditional manufacturers has unveiled the secret sauce for success, which is
to implement the complex use cases in smaller chunks to make the bigger leap.
When one is able to conquer the skill of implementation of smaller applications,
a strong foundation is built for the implementation of complex functionalities
of the same application.
Some of the very common use cases may include data integrity and monitoring
system availability. Data integrity acts as a good starting point for any edge platform as it ensures that
the data is being captured effectively and accurately. Monitoring the time
duration for which the system is available, is under sleep time, or has been
shut down is also a necessary use case that is implemented in most of the Industry 4.0 platforms. Now, the
key idea behind implementing such small and easy use cases is to yield simple
and quick returns by minimizing the waste of efforts, and having smoother
implementation as the main output.
If the bigger and more complex use cases are implemented directly, OT-IT
connectivity may still be established through manufacturing connectivity and intelligence platforms, but they
may not be extremely efficient. This is because more time would be spent in
doing so as it may be a tricky task to achieve. So the key is to integrate the
rudimental use cases first, as they would most likely be required in most of
the applications. Once this step is achieved, then the rest of the game becomes
really easy to play!
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