What's holding your company back from entering the industry 4.0

In a digital world like the one we live in today, there are still entrepreneurs who refuse to implement technological solutions that allow them to get the maximum productivity and profitability. What's stopping them from entering industry 4.0?

- They believe that the implementation of an operating system will be very complicated and that the data they are going to obtain will be very difficult to read.

Before making the decision to work with an operating system, you must know all its aspects. One of the most important must be simplicity, and this must be present both in the implementation process and in its daily use. A technological solution must be that, something that provides solutions and does not make the processes you already have more complex. There are many options in the market, with techniques that allow a visualization of dashboards intuitive to read and operate, in such a way that they allow an accurate perspective of what happens in the company. On the other hand, your team of collaborators must be willing to change and have the capacity to adapt, this will make things easier.

- They believe that their company's processes are unique and too complex to be interpreted by an operating system.

A software with a high dedication and developed with attention to detail, must be able to adapt to the processes of your company. In this way, you will be able to centralize and analyze all the information, supporting and simplifying the existing processes and creating greater value for your company. If we are talking about the graphic industry, where most of the processes are still handmade, there is even greater distrust to leave an operating system "control" the developments and manage them from a "cloud". But remember, technology advances by the second and everything is possible.

- They believe that having an operating system is a luxury and that they are only viable for large companies.

This can be a very common myth: Software is very expensive, it's a one-time purchase and then I have no support or accompaniment for any doubts I may have. Therefore, it is important to keep in mind what we have repeated in this article, technological developments came to simplify solutions to problems and democratize the tools that allow it. Under this premise, you must remember that prices and packages must adjust to your needs and those of your company; an operating system must offer continuous support, beyond implementation, it must improve the work and satisfaction of your collaborators, optimize processes and allow you to make more productive and competitive decisions.

The secret for an operating system to work for your company is to align the needs with functions that adapt to them. In addition, it is very important that the decision is not an impulse, the implementation can be complex and must be supported in each phase of the process so that in the end the success is rewarded to all the effort and in that it is not an influential factor how big or small your company is, but the desire of overcoming and ambition that they have.