We have a term for people that try to do something they are not quite equipped to do - “Technically Dangerous” or TDs for short. As in “they are a little technically dangerous” or “they are TD.” We often run into these interesting types who are trying to write software, program automation, or otherwise “tinker” with manufacturing systems because, well they can….tinker that is.
So why are there Technically Dangerous people out there putting solutions in place to run our factories? You want some examples? I though I would describe these solutions with how they were presented to me. This is what I hear:
“Don’t minimize that, it will crash, and we will have to restart it.”
“Once a day we have to get everyone out of the system and rebuild the database”
“We have to reboot our MES system twice a week for preventative maintenance, otherwise the memory leaks will crash the system”
“We want to push compressed data from our data historian out to an Oracle database [uncompressed] so our IT guys can get it.”
My passion is to help the “technically dangerous” people of the world do a better job, as well as protect manufacturers from making mistakes that cost a lot of time and money.
I gave myself the title on the ManufIT blog of Chief Translator of Opportunities. I really hope I can be a benefit to manufacturing leaders that want to really use IT solutions to better their operations and quality.
The next time you suspect that you are inheriting or witnessing the installation of a solution that could be labeled as “technically dangerous” drop me a line and let me review it with you. It would be my pleasure. Contact me here.
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