Most manufacturers have a storm of initiatives, ideas, wishes, desires, thoughts, and, most importantly, projects all brewing and bubbling simultaneously. They are charged with thinking both strategically about preparing for the next five years and tactically about staying afloat in the next days and weeks. They’re juggling multiple priorities for long-term stability while keeping the facility running and operations happy. These critical tasks require juggling at once while considering other concepts and items that may be less essential but are still very important. These pieces are likely to eventually become urgent as well and can include:
·标准: Documenting and illustrating how you want to have new systems delivered to your facility and what technology platforms are to be included;
·Support: Structure to enable your people to independently support their systems and—if they can’t execute a fix themselves—a mechanism and resources path to use for help;
·System architecture: Developing a structure and roadmap for automation and manufacturing information technology (IT) network and systems to maximize the benefits of the new Industry 4.0 devices flooding the market;
·Additional functionality and user experience feedback: A plan to address user functionality requests and manage their feedback to implement enhancements to systems that increase the bottom line; and
·程序节奏和节奏: Once you start down the path, providing structure to continue to rollout the enhancements and functionality that gets the return on investment expected (and promised) becomes essential.
这些“软要求”为健康，强大的控制和信息系统环境设定了结构。一旦存在这个环境，就需要通过服务提供商和个人网络进行沟通，学习和管理，这些网络可能正在触及项目和增强系统的系统。这些增强功能和组件中的每一个都有自己的潜在情况和要求，并保持他们的直率需要指导和领导才能。如果没有领导才能，多个资源将在制造商的目标中流行起来。
在2008年之前，制造商指导这些任务并拥有它们。现在，那些相同的制造商忙于使操作运转且头顶在水面上，并且并不总是具备解决这些不同问题所需的广泛技能。
在许多情况下，制造商已转向伞系统集成商来管理和管理这些不同的需求和目标。“伞”提供了协调并解决技能缺陷，有助于管理制造商面临的优先级。伞系统集成是一种独特的方法，它可以响应制造商的需求及其各种目标。
