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"Engineering and development costs are
high. You want to design a product that
lasts for the expected industry lifetime ."
Titilope Sule, Senior Product Manager
- Controls & Technology, Ingersoll Rand
Titi Sule is a senior product manager at
Ingersoll Rand compressed air systems
business unit responsible for strategic
direction for controls technology including
hardware and software. Her business
portfolio include onboard controllers and
system controllers and most recently, IoT
integration. Titi has had a diverse 12 years
of experience in controls for manufacturing
companies including controls engineering,
application engineering, aftermarket service
parts, and technology strategy.
Many factors contribute to the success of a smart building product, including security,
ease of use, communications capabilities, and its value to process automation and
insight. A key success factor of any smart building product is how long it remains
commercially viable.
"In our rapidly changing technology space, gone are the days where you design a
product, ship it to the customer, and not worry about software or hardware upgrades
until the next product release," says Titilope Sule, senior product manager of Controls
and Technology at Ingersoll Rand. "Engineering and development costs are high. You
want to design a product that serves the customer for an acceptable industry lifetime."
Also, customers expect a level of product support over that product's serviceable life.
The ability to deliver that has a big influence on product design.
Designers must consider several factors when planning the life cycle of their product:
General serviceability. When designing a system for a building infrastructure with
a thirty-year lifespan, you have to think about how you will service that system. The
solution you design may need to outlive the components you use to build it. "You
have to take into consideration the life of the equipment and the life of the building
A Successful Design Must be Upgradeable
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