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# Innovative Thinking

## Michelle Szemanski

### Recent Posts

## [Automation Solutions: 3 Ways to Defeat Choice Paralysis](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/automation-solutions-3-ways-to-defeat-choice-paralysis)

 Posted on [December 11, 2015](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/automation-solutions-3-ways-to-defeat-choice-paralysis) by [Michelle Szemanski](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/author/michelle-szemanski)

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**“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.”**

― Barry Schwartz, *The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less*

In today’s industries, manufacturers have an entire constellation of technology solutions to consider. Factories can be digitized from beginning to end, **[integrated into automation systems](http://www.premierautomation.com/what-we-do/system-integration/)**, connected to the cloud, measured by big data, mobilized and networked into the Internet of Things.

With so much technology available, many manufacturers are paralyzed by the paradox of choice: the more industrial solutions appear, the harder it is to know what will work and what just isn’t right for your business.

How can you emerge from the swamp of indecision and implement the automation solutions that will boost your business?

 

## [The Evolution of Integrated Systems](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/the-evolution-of-integrated-systems)

 Posted on [December 08, 2015](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/the-evolution-of-integrated-systems) by [Michelle Szemanski](https://info.premierautomation.com/blog/author/michelle-szemanski)

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Manufacturing is getting leaner, smarter, and sleeker. Integrated systems are making that possible.

As technology advances, automation systems converge to create more streamlined and efficient methods of production. These **[integrated systems](http://www.premierautomation.com/what-we-do/system-integration/)** make manufacturing infinitely more adaptable and cost effective, but require creative, highly skilled engineers.

**So where are these engineers?**

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