System integrators insights
- System integrators’ knowledge and experience help them deliver productivity improvements.
- Meeting customers’ challenges and taking the initiative for engineers and manufacturers is what the system integrator lives for.
System integrators (SIs) play many roles in the automation and manufacturing space. They are often on the front lines devising and delivering solutions to their customers and giving them the results they desire and then some.
Like snowflakes, no two situations are alike. System integrators have a wealth of knowledge and experience at their fingertips. That helps them deliver productivity improvements powered by automation, and the convergence of operations and information technologies.
Business has been good for SIs and is expected to reach more than $1 billion by 2032 according to a Market.US report.
That growth, however, will be because the market is changing and SIs are adapting to the new world. Information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) continue converging and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has added several new opportunities — and challenges — they have to overcome.
Meeting the challenge head-on is what the SI lives for, and their ability to see the situation from a different perspective is valuable. Their penchant for innovative and out-of-the-box thinking is a critical — and underrated — tool in their arsenal.
The system integrators highlighted in this issue in print and online have shown a tremendous capacity for meeting challenges for their customers and taking the initiative for engineers and manufacturers.
Chris Vavra is a former senior editor for WTWH Media.
