Growing A Digital Mindset in the Lime Industry With An IIoT Platform…
my position, but then I cannot complain if I
get in a 10km queue on the highway.
Today, greater efficiency can be obtained. A
common example is that, usually a company
does not know when unplanned downtime
will happen in the plant that should operate
24/7. Now, accessing the plant data not
enables the detection, but also prioritize the
predicted downtime event by importance to
identify and solve the most crucial problem
occurring in the plant.
Short-term focus
Lack of time, resources or staff
Leadership expects payoff sooner
than is realistic
Management incentives are not
structured to reward innovation
Lack of a systematic innovation
process
Belief that innovation is inherently
risky
O VERCOMING I NNOVATION
B ARRIERS IN THE I NDUSTRY
Once you have had a workforce of “digital
natives,” who have come of age immersed
in digital technology, they are not going to
accept a tool kit from their employer that’s
less robust than what they experience in
their personal lives.
On the one hand, human beings have been
able to overcome many evolutionary
challenges, so far, because they have been
able to adapt. On the other hand, when it
comes to proposing new ideas and strategies
about business which may involve an
evolutionary type of effort, we are often
reticent to think about evolving in those
terms. We are more inclined to stay in our
“comfort zone.”
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Unplanned Downtime's List
In old industries such as the Lime Industry,
innovation can face many obstacles.
Whether you are trying to lead an industry,
create a new market or just do things
differently, innovation is difficult. The
following barriers are frequent and difficult
to overcome:
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