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Effective strategies for selecting and implementing digital solutions in manufacturing

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Key Takeaways

When assessing potential digital solutions, it is important to:

  • Stay focused on the business need
  • Identify the objective of the solution being sought
  • Specify clearly what it must deliver to achieve the targeted improvement

To avoid costs and time delays, keeping focused on the business need and objective. This will ensure the selected product or service delivers the targeted improvements. 

As potential solutions and vendors are researched, new features and functions may be discovered. It's important not to let the scope get wider by listing lots of nice-to-have features. There's a risk that these can influence the choice of solution, leading to a more complex and costly option than necessary. While it's easy to argue that the solution is being future-proofed, the reality is that this can delay achieving immediate objectives.

When investigating potential solutions, ask for a thor…

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12 July 2024
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