The Importance of Systems Integration
The diversification of systems has led to complex management of them, demanding a great deal of time and specialized knowledge.
Today, many companies are immersed in the full digitalization process of their organizations, implementing disruptive technologies to create a hyperconnected environment of data, people, processes, services, systems, and production assets.
This digital transformation of organizations requires a high capital investment for the implementation of the various systems (in addition to the hardware necessary for automation) in order to improve the efficiency of their processes and optimize productivity.
However, the diversification of these systems has led to complex management of them, demanding a great deal of time and specialized knowledge. And it is in this situation that systems integration emerges as an important necessity.
One of the existing barriers to inefficiency in digital transformation is information silos. These information silos occur when an organization has various systems working in isolation, where the data from them is not shared with other systems.
In order to have the complete and contextualized information necessary at the right time and in the right way, it is necessary to eliminate information silos.
I how Do We Eliminate Information Silos?
You can probably guess the answer. Integrate the systems so that the data is available between them, moving from a set of isolated systems to a set of integrated systems.
This systems integration will also increase the added value of the implementation of the different technologies and systems, promoting a greater return on investment (ROI).
I Benefits of Systems Integration
Systems integration logically has an engineering cost that is often high. However, it is an investment that will provide organizations with a full exploitation of the functionalities of the various systems and technologies. It will allow decision-makers to have all the necessary information contextualized at the required time and in an automated way. This will reduce the collection time of this information and increase the efficiency of the different business processes.
The main benefits of systems integration are:
- Automation of information flows between systems, departments, and people
- Enabling new contextualized information for better decision making
- Decreased time to receive required information
- Availability of all necessary information at the required time
- Reduced decision-making times
- Elimination of inefficiencies derived from incomplete information
- Improved reaction time to possible problems
- Increased ROI of implemented systems.
Conclusion
Today, there is a multitude of data and a multitude of systems/technologies that have improved the efficiency of organizations’ processes and optimized productivity. However, there is still a long way to go in the digital transformation to fully exploit the benefits of these systems/technologies. To do this, it is essential to integrate all the systems with each other, eliminating information silos.
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