EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
industry ; people from diverse fields , like financial services , who have data science skills can greatly benefit manufacturers by bringing new perspectives and capabilities . It ’ s non-traditional but invaluable .
This opens up opportunities for a new class of professionals to advance their careers and help manufacturers progress . There ’ s no better time for manufacturers to embrace this shift , despite concerns about the current and future workforce . I see this as a great opportunity .
Q . DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER ADVICE YOU ’ D LIKE TO GIVE TO MANUFACTURERS ABOUT PERFORMANCE MONITORING ?
» I used to advocate for starting small with just one-use cases . Now I say they should start with scale in mind . There are so many proof of concepts undertaken that never see the light of day because they were never scaling up and out to the enterprise .
For many organisations this is their way of limiting the risk of failure . However I would argue that by not designing for scale , they are exposing themselves to a higher risk of failure from the start .
Please consider the use cases where it can have maximum impact beyond just one machine or process . Monitoring is a multidisciplinary function , spanning machines and processes to provide the real-time intelligence that defines manufacturing itself .
This is how the value of AI will become self-evident and how Industry 4.0 will become the norm .
68 January 2025