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Open vs. Closed: The $11.28m Question for Industrial Leaders

How closed industrial automation ecosystems inflate costs by $11.28M annually – and how open alternatives reclaim competitiveness

This white paper, based on an Omdia survey of industrial organizations, reveals striking insights into the hidden costs of traditional, closed automation systems. These rigid systems are not just limiting innovation—they’re affecting profitability. On average, industrial companies lose $11.28 million annually, equivalent to 7.5% of their revenue, due to the constraints of closed automation architectures.

Omdia, together with Schneider Electric, have discovered that organizations adopting open software-defined automation, a hardware-agnostic approach to automation, can address these challenges and report:

Faster reconfiguration and deployment
Vendor independence and reduced engineering time
Real-time insights and digital continuity
Future-ready infrastructure for AI-driven innovation

Want to learn how? Download the paper to learn more.