A different Team at Scheider that works across Business Units was chartered to create a Next Generation Product that heavily automated processes. The aim was to create a software-driven Industrial Automation System that will complement the entire Operator Lifecycle. This was to be a grand vision with a 5 year road-map. Again, the question before the Customer Leadership was how was such a big project to be executed? Some will be needed to raise the bar higher, while others would need to stay afloat.

A couple of team members from WonderBiz were involved early on in the POC stage. Several POCs had to be conducted, feasibility checked and confidence instilled in the Stakeholders. The two early crusaders from WonderBiz began their magic. In a period when everyone was struggling with the global pandemic, these team members were chipping away at the mountain until gold revealed itself. The POCs that the WonderBiz team members created were stellar and the Stakeholders were convinced to invest further. Drawing boards were drawn up again, business cases and roadmaps created. What followed was a larger product dev initiative. The product was envisaged like a framework that would improve Operator productivity by leaps and bounds. Over the last 2 years, a team of 9 Dev Engineers has been working on this product and doing good.

The Product is on its way to become the fastest growing product as far as Industrial Automation is concerned. Recently, the product was also named winner of the 2022 Engineers’ Choice Award in the Software (MES, MOM) category. The WonderBiz Team continues to receive patronage as the Dev Team of Choice for their speed and quality standards.