A manufacturer's Industry 4.0 journey shouldn't start with buying new tech. First, engage with the ecosystem: network with peers, understand how digital transformation affects your workforce and supply chain, and build a foundation that makes later technology investments actually work.
As part of the Industry 4.0 Club and our focus on the technology adoption for the benefit of the manufacturers, one of the things that I always sort of get on my soapbox about is I don't believe, or I always challenge manufacturers not to buy into the idea that you're starting your journey when you buy your first piece of technology, when you deploy your first system, right? Getting to know the ecosystem, getting plugged in, understanding that it's responsibility. I mean, you mentioned workforce and, you know, the HR and the leadership and the supply chain. I mean, it impacts all aspects of the business. And so really, I think people getting involved and starting to make themselves aware and starting to make connections is really, really— if you walk out and say, what's one thing I could do down the Industry 4.0 path today? And if it's listen to get to know what resources are available to me, I think it would be a step well taken.
