Real Life Robotics / Insights
Insights
Writing on automation governance.
Short pieces on the problems operators hit between the first machine and the tenth. These insights examine what changes when organizations move beyond their first supplier, why existing connected infrastructure is often the best starting point, and how a common operating record can help measure value across an expanding automation portfolio. AG-3 Telemetry, AG-4 Policy and AG-7 Audit carry most of that weight, and the second supplier usually reveals that an operation holds none of the three.
Automation governance starts at robot one
Most operators find out at robot two, when the second supplier arrives and nothing exists to plug it into.
The governance problem starts with the IoT you already own
Sensors carried no risk while they only reported. The day a machine acts on that reading, that changes.
It is difficult to measure the true ROI of each automation system
Every supplier reports differently, so nothing compares to anything. It is difficult to measure the true ROI of each automation system.