You Have No Need for a Historian

There are a good many reasons why you wouldn't use a historian, but we believe them to all be inaccurate reasons. Having a historian is an investment, a long term investment.

Think about this: When you're looking for a place to live, are you planning on renting where you live all of your life? Or are you going to buy something to own it? In the first case, you are putting out money each month and gaining nothing. In the second case, you're also putting out money but gaining something in the end. In the long run, wouldn't it be better to find something that was a bigger payment, but you knew would give you what you needed? It's the same when it comes to your business, especially when the product that you are buying will prove your company to be more efficient, leading you to an increase of profits.

When management is worried about controlling monthly maintenance costs (short term thinking) instead of getting to the root of the problems, they must change their focus to an investment of a historian which will show them what is really happening within their process. Instead of constantly putting out fires, correct the reoccurring problems that are costing money. Long term thinking is not for impatient people, you must be a visionary leader. If you choose to continually play it safe, you will get nowhere, and this thinking will only hinder you from acting on things that have potential to make you a better business. Business is all about taking calculated risks."Get-rich-quick" schemes won't work. Don't be a short term thinker! It will hinder you from seeing better results.

"My own view is that every company requires a long-term view." - Jeff Bezos (Founder, Chairman and CEO of Amazon)

Can you think of the problems that are holding you back from being a better company? If you are not aware of your trouble areas, how will they become fixed? Is your company working at its maximum speed and efficiency? Knowing where your specific problems are will be more helpful than seeing that you have problems without solutions.

Don't be afraid of change. It is more productive to have a historian logging your data rather than the "guess and check" method. New, better inventions would not have been created had it not been for forward-thinkers willing to take a risk.

In the end, our point is to say that a historian is only going to help you. Yes, it is an investment, but an investment that will help increase profits in the long run and overall make your company more efficient!