Not sure if your company is ready to automate? Here are seven signs that your business could benefit with automation.

1. 7WWW.A3AUTOMATE.ORG
SIGNS YOUR
BUSINESS IS
READY FOR
AUTOMATION

2. Think the automotive
industry is the only one
reaping the rewards of
industrial automation?

3. Think the automotive
industry is the only one
reaping the rewards of
industrial automation?
Think again

4. More small businesses are
investing in automation as
it becomes more
accessible and affordable

5. More small businesses are
investing in automation as
it becomes more
accessible and affordable
Could your company benefit
from switching to an
automated system?

6. How can you tell
if automation
makes sense for
your business?

7. 1 Nagging Production
Challenges

8. Your company can’t fulfill
all the orders it receives...
or an important piece of
equipment needs
frequent repairs

9. A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE: Mennie’s Machine
Company Inc.
Won a major contract to
manufacture automotive drive shaft
components for trucks and SUVs

10. Manual
Production
Output =
80 PIECES PER HOUR
Automated
Output =
118 PIECES PER HOUR

11. 2
High Labor Costs

12. Labor costs in an
industrial environment
come with high liability
and are driven up by
high turnover rates and
training

13. A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE: Con-Met a Portland, Oregon based company
Improved the safety conditions
for workers by using flexible
servo-robots...

14. Resulted in a
14%
improvement in their
molding cycle

15. 3
Competitors Outbidding

16. Automation makes it
possible to compete with
domestic firms and
overseas competition

17. Allowing companies to
take on larger contracts
and enabling them to
deliver quality products in
greater quantities without
driving up the price

18. 4 Opportunities in
New Markets

19. Many companies are
required to diversify their
product offering or go
out of business

20. A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE: Marlin Steel
Manufactured wire baskets for
bagel stores before China
flooded the market with cheaper
products

21. Using automation, they
were able to compete
with the cheaper
products without
sacrificing any of their
employees

22. In fact, one employee
who was earning $8 an
hour acquired new skills
and is now earning an
annual salary of $60,000

23. 5
Persistent Waste

24. Automation is the
answer to reducing
wasted time, effort and
materials

25. A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE: Factory Five Racing Massachusetts
Specializing in Roadster Replicas,
this company took 7.5 hours to
trim 4 sets of doors, hoods and
trunks

26. Switching to an automated
system cut this time down to
24 MINUTES
and with improved accuracy

27. Need More Reasons to
Consider Automation for
Your Company?
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