ML engineering applies a system around this staggering level of complexity. It uses a set of standards, tools, processes, and methodology that aims to minimize the chances of abandoned, misguided, or irrelevant work being done in an effort to solve a business problem or need. It, in essence, is the road map to creating ML-based systems that can be not only deployed to production, but also maintained and updated for years in the future, allowing businesses to reap the rewards in efficiency, profitability, and accuracy that ML, in general, has proven to provide (when done correctly).