WBSRocks: Scaling Growth with AI, Enterprise Software, and Digital Transformation
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WBSRocks: Scaling Growth with AI, Enterprise Software, and Digital Transformation
WBSP240: Grow Your Business by Understanding the Advantages of Open Automation w/ Ira Sharp
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If you have been thinking about incorporating robotic processes or industry 4.0 controls into your facility, you will have a choice whether you would like to buy the control systems directly from the vendors or program the robotic arms and control systems until you get the desired results from the manufacturing processes. Therefore, irrespective of whether you are a system integrator or the end consumer of the robotic process, you need to make a key decision whether you want to build the entire process from scratch or buy it out of the box.
In today's episode, our guest, Ira Sharp, shares his insights on open automation and why that is important for manufacturers to understand as they increase the industry 4.0 maturity of their companies. He also describes the differences between open, industrial, and process automation. Finally, he discusses why it's important to understand the vendor lock while buying a control system produced by the vendor vs. having control over the processes by designing it from scratch.
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