Factory-Wired vs Field-Wired: The Model T vs Rolls Royce
Presenter: Martin Olsen, Vice President, Global Channels and Business Development, Active Power
Tuesday, May 18
2:00-2:30 pm, Gibson
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The Model T was the first car to "put America on wheels," partly due to Henry Ford's innovation behind assembly line production. Over time, the production process of pushing out Model Ts was refined and streamlined, removing custom designs from the process. All processes became standardized and repeatable which resulted in mass production of units with little to no defects. Reliability was extremely high. Ultimately, this led to economies of scale which allowed Ford to achieve his objective of offering an automobile that is "...low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one..."
This presentation will discuss how data center and infrastructure containerization is similar to the Model T and highlight the performance and economic benefits behind a system that is pre-assembled and factory tested offsite. The speaker will reference a recent study by Massachusetts-based consulting firm MTechnologies, Inc., which recently identified up to 1200 times the disparity in anticipated defect rates in a field-wired system (conventional brick and mortar facility) compared with a system that is factory-wired. Aston Martin and Ferrari still exist today, but more folks drive Ford and Toyota for good reason.