Industry 4.0 and digitalization, sharpen your saw

摘要

Modernizing manufacturing is vitally important, and knowledgeable automation professionals are instrumental for companies to be successful and profitable. Automation professionals need continuous learning to keep up to date on the latest ideas, concepts, and developments, including Industry 4.0 and digitalization. Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, puts constant learning in perspective with a story about man walking through a forest who came across a frustrated lumberjack trying to cut down a tree. He was swearing and cursing as he labored in vain. "What's the problem?" The man asked. "My saw's blunt and won't cut the tree properly." The man asked, "Why don't you just sharpen it?" "Because then I would have to stop sawing," said the lumberjack. "But if you sharpened your saw, you could cut more efficiently and effectively than before." "But I don't have time to stop!" replied the lumberjack.