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What's the realistic timeline for implementing a true 'lights-out factory' with existing Siemens TIA Portal and Mitsubishi GOT systems, and what are the hidden costs that nobody talks about?
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JohnWhite
2025-11-25
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That's a really practical question! I'm actually curious about this myself - we've got Siemens TIA Portal running our main automation and Mitsubishi GOT for our HMI systems, and management keeps talking about going fully automated. But honestly, I'm wondering what it would really take to get to that "lights-out" factory vision where the place runs itself overnight.
What's the realistic timeline we're looking at here? Is it months, years, or more like a decade-long journey? And what about those hidden costs that never seem to make it into the PowerPoint presentations - you know, the stuff that actually makes or breaks these projects?
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