No step may be more critical to the success of your automation, integration, control and development projects
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." Peter Drucker, the leading thinker on modern business
Avoiding pitfalls through vision
Adding vision to your projects
It enables you to identify the real issues and solve the right problem.
It leads you to eliminate causes rather than fabricate ways to ease the cost and pain of the symptoms. It provides you with new capabilities and possibilities today. It positions you to take advantage of future opportunities you cannot imagine today. It shields you from what you don't know right now but could or should.
What are we talking about? Perspective. Insight. Wisdom. Time in the lookout tower. Checking out what might be behind the other doors, including those you didn't notice before. Daring to ask the tough questions: What do you really want? Why? What is possible? How do you know? Can you get and do more?
We call it Vision.
Apply vision to avoid pitfalls, limitations and frustrations
We've haven't seen everything. But we have seen plenty implementing more than 3,0s00 control, integration, development and process automation projects for more than 300 companies in nearly 100 distinct industries since 1989.
It's taught us a few things. For instance:
- People tend to move forward before ensuring they are going the right way.
- They often lock in so tightly on immediate problems that they miss additional and obtainable capabilities, possibilities and opportunities.
- Many automation managers just don't have the resources to discover what they might have put in place for the same time, trouble and money.
The result? Projects that fall short of expectations. Competitors setting the pace on features, price, delivery and quality. Discovering too late that no one factored in support, training, spare parts, hazardous waste handling or how this effort actually fits with current and planned capabilities.
In short, limitations and frustrations.
Vision is a batch job of common sense
To help you avoid pitfalls and achieve real results, we add or note the benefits of vision to every project you ask us execute. It is common sense to evaluate where you truly want to go, the best way to get there and what to bring with you before investing time, people and money in systems and solutions.
We do it as a standard practice. We listen and then describe options, alternatives and recommendations. You choose the course of action. Think of it as running the same batch job but adding ingredients that increase, no limit, your possibilities and chances for success.
The key ingredients?
- Experience with what has worked in the past
- Knowledge of the capabilities of available technology and techniques and to seek out new ones when appropriate
- The willingness to truly understand your situation, needs, requirements and limiters like materials, labor, waste, heating costs and others
- Challenging assumptions and perceived limitations
- Looking for opportunities in everything you do rather than limiting yourself to solving a problem.
- The discipline to think through issues, causes and solutions
- Equal doses of positive thinking and humility
Whatever comes out the process, you'll know you've evaluated possibilities and chosen your optimal solution.
Vision is about leadership
When we talk about results, we mean results that matter. And the only way to get there is to aim for goals that matter.
Acting on your vision to building in more capabilities and possibilities-what we call Processibilities-can be expensive. Or it might cost the same as locking yourself in to less. Or it could save you millions.
This is why we believeVision is about leadership. It's better to be in the game-even to be doing the right thing poorly-than to be doing something well but outside the arena. This is why you can't afford to skip vision for your projects. If you fail to care or dare to look and think harder about your project's possibilities, who will?
The systematic application of vision enables you to consistently get more from smaller investments. Consistently heading in the right direction is less costly than driving expensive equipment around looking for a destination. The more projects you do, the more accountable you are for results, the more you understand how critical Vision is to success.
Without it?
How do you get some V?
- You get lots of experience. You live with many projects through their complete lifecycle.
- You apply many technologies in many different industries, situations and applications. You discover what really works and what doesn't.
- You regularly evaluate and test new developments, configurations and technologies.
- You learn from others. You read. You attend conferences. You ask lots of questions.
- You step up to challenges and challenge assumptions. You do things with a clear purpose. When they don't work, you figure out why.
- You partner with someone who has it, understands it and applies it.
Where we get our Vision?
Since our first day of business in 1989, we've made vision a priority. We talk about it. We work on it. We deliver it. We reward it.
We hire people who think like product developers. That's because many or them are: not just curious, but people dedicated to finding a better way. They enjoy challenges and possibilities yet know how to focus on the task at hand.
The founding members of RoviSys were responsible for developing and supporting proprietary control systems for a major technology company. From that experience, they learned how much companies wanted open, affordable and easily supported solutions for their process automation challenges.
Because our engineers and developers work under one roof and move from team to team-and because we have excellent systems for capturing and sharing project history and information (see GrandView)-our collective experience is available to every client on every project.
Putting Vision on your team
Our goal is to be your long-term control, automation, integration and development partner by helping you achieve your goals in the most affordable way possible. Vision gets delivered in some way in every project we do.
You might not even notice it-until that built-in functionality serves a new and suddenly important need.
Vision is not a waste of time, because it often doesn't take more. It's not some fuzzy peek above the clouds, but a smart look at how you can be prepared for what happens next-even if no one knows exactly what that is right now.
Vision is not an obstacle to getting things done. Instead, it helps you avoid doing and spending a lot, yet getting nothing done.
How do you add Vision-along with Independence and Results-to your team? We recommend calling us.