Barco control room report (3/5): It's all about time!
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Ever wondered what makes some control rooms run like well-oiled machines while others seem stuck in perpetual chaos? Our global survey of 2,000+ control room professionals uncovered something fascinating: it's not just what they do—it's how they spend their time that makes all the difference!
The control room time pie
Picture a typical control room workflow as a pie with five delicious slices:
- Monitor: Keeping those eagle eyes on screens and systems (the biggest slice at 26%)
- Analyze: Making sense of all that data flowing in
- Respond: Jumping into action when something needs attention
- Document: Writing down what happened (yes, paperwork happens everywhere!)
- Optimize: Fine-tuning the whole operation to work better next time
Inefficiency: a vicious cycle
Here's where it gets interesting! The rock-star control rooms (those rated highly efficient) have a completely different recipe for success. They spend less time glued to monitors and more time on optimization activities. Meanwhile, the struggling control rooms are pouring time into everything except optimization. That is one huge vicious cycle there!
Even more surprising? Everyone—even in top-performing control rooms—thinks their response workflows could use improvement. Some things really are universal...
Organizational patterns
We spotted some fun patterns across different control room setups:
- Tiny control rooms (just 1-5 operators) are monitor-obsessed
- The big leagues (11+ operators) are all about that optimization life
- Military and transportation folks love their monitoring time
- Corporate control rooms are the analyzers of the bunch
- Healthcare teams are busy responding and documenting (no surprise there!)
The takeaway? If your control room feels like it's running on a hamster wheel, it might be time to steal a page from the high-performers' playbook: dial back the monitoring marathon and invest some quality time in optimization instead!
Stay tuned for our next blog where we'll dive into the juicy details of collaboration and remote working in control rooms!
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