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    Don’t value numbers over outcomes

    Jeffrey Nevenhoven focused on just one number, the steps on his fitbit, and he relied on that number to measure his health. In striving toward 10,000 steps a day, he was paying less attention to other health issues that crept up. This can happen easily in business and manufacturing. If you zero in on just one metric to measure your success, you may be overlooking many other factors. MachineMetrics can give you visibility into your machines and your production, showing you when any piece is not performing optimally. If each piece of your production line is working efficiently, all of your measures of success will increase, not just one.

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