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Pilot Purgatory

A single sensor on a single asset is not a strategy. It is a trophy. The predictive maintenance trap.

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The pilot worked. Now build the foundation. Most predictive maintenance programs stall after the proof of concept because the pilot was designed to impress, not to scale. This infographic names the six traps — single-asset trophy, dirty data, systems that don't talk, skills gaps, ROI paradox, and vendor lock — and gives you the pre-purchase checklist that separates a scalable program from a permanent pilot.

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