The first Digital Transformation Forum in Boston has concluded. We’ve heard success stories from digital transformation pioneers.
I’ve been lucky to witness Walker Reynolds give his presentation, “Designing Your Digital Future. Are You Ready?” Having seen a number of Walker’s videos on YouTube, I was familiar with some of his ideas coming into the room. However, there was a moment of profound awakening for me during that presentation.
Walker was talking about the leaders in the Digital Transformation space having a digital strategy. When he interacted with the audience, he called on me with a question, “Do you have a digital strategy?” I shook my head. “Why not?” was the question that followed.
At that moment, I realized that I had been trapped in a mindset of thinking about the business of my customers so much that I didn’t apply the same concepts to my own business. That was the pivotal moment for me.
I returned from the forum and had a team meeting with my entire team the next day. We talked about our digital strategy and what we as a solution provider in the MES layer, Quality and Logistics could do differently to be among the leaders. The next revelation was that we already collected a lot of the data that we needed to succeed. We just didn’t think of it the right way.
Your data is your most precious commodity. Let that sink in.
If you don't agree with that statement, you should listen to Walker Reynolds.
If you agree with that statement, tell me how you treat your data. Is it organized and kept in ways that you would treat the most valuable possessions in your personal life? If not, then why not?
In less than a day, our entire team of engineers had a new realization and saw the writing on the wall. We now have our first clear understanding of what we want to do with our data and where to move forward. And, yes, Walker, we can now express it in three sentences. Our engineers understand and support our digital strategy.
I couldn’t be more grateful for that experience.
I am looking forward to the “Prove-It!” conference!
My story of the Digital Transformation Forum wouldn’t be complete without recognizing MIT professors John Carrier and Richard D. Braatz. They gave compelling examples of Digital Twin concept illustrated by successes in Continuous mRNA Biotherapeutics Manufacturing. I also want to mention Dan White of Opto22 and the ALTA Refrigeration team. They presented another successful example of a digital transformation in a company that treats data as a precious commodity in the industrial refrigeration business.
I am definitely looking forward to the next Digital Transformation Forum.
#digitaltransformation #digitalstrategy #mes #manufacturing Eugene Paradizov
Senior Solutions Architect at Siemens
2yRockwell already created libraries that you can get from them to use MQTT, not add on instructions unfortunately.