A controls engineer argues that Industry 4.0 projects fail when companies deploy technology for novelty instead of solving a specific problem. Start with the concrete problem, then design the system to fix it. Don't throw things together without clear intent.
One of the foundational principles that I've kind of kept close to me throughout my entire career and everything that I've done, started as, you know, just as a controls engineer and then through everything, is to be intentional. And I think for me, being intentional in everything that we do is extremely important, especially when we start talking about Industry 4.0 and these projects that we're doing. Like, it kind of just circles back to that whole idea of, look, we don't want to just deploy technology for fun. I mean, granted, again, would love to. But we have to be intentional, right? Look at a problem, solve that problem, be intentional in the way we solve the problem, be intentional in the way we build our architecture. We're not just going to throw things together for the sake of it. I think that for me is kind of one of the foundational principles of everything I do. And I think that kind of carries over really well into Industry 4.0 and this era of digital manufacturing that we're seeing is just, just be intentional.
