This paper presents data gathered from actual field research. The data suggests that a move away from traditional, heavily engineered, and proprietary systems to user experience-driven systems can generate efficiency gains by a factor of 3 to 4X.
Changing the way industrial automation systems are engineered, operated, and maintained is critical to bringing new sources of tangible business value to plant owners and the EPCs, OEMs, and system integrators who support them. By placing the user at the center of the engineering universe, plants attain the operational phase in a shorter time period, with lower costs and fewer risks.