Automation Assessment

An Automation Assessment is a crucial first step in designing an automation solution that maximizes your return on investment (ROI) and aligns with your specific manufacturing challenges. A well-executed assessment helps you avoid costly mistakes and ensures your investment in new machinery delivers the results you need.

Finding clear information about industrial Automation Assessments can be frustrating. Many companies treat the details of their process as a secret, leaving potential clients in the dark. We aim to change that. 

We know you want answers before committing to lengthy meetings or sharing sensitive company data. So let’s break it down.

About Our Virtual & On-Site Automation Assessments

We offer virtual and on-site Automation Assessments to work closely with your team and gain an in-depth understanding of your business.

These assessments are designed to provide you with a comprehensive analysis of your automation potential, including:

  • Identifying clusters of repetitive tasks ripe for automation.
  • Revealing hidden inefficiencies and bottlenecks in your processes.
  • Quantifying the financial impact of manual processes and the potential ROI of automation.
  • Expanding the scope of automation possibilities by exploring how automating one process could unlock the potential to automate connected processes.
  • Spotting pathways to growth by pinpointing areas where quality problems or production rate limitations hinder your growth.
  • Modernizing aging equipment that hinders productivity and incurs high maintenance costs.
  • Reducing reliance on unreliable outsourcing by identifying processes that could be brought in-house.
  • Accelerating product innovation by collaborating on new product development and design, applying automation to streamline manufacturing processes, reduce time-to-market, and maximize profitability.

Our Virtual Automation Assessment

Smart decisions follow smart planning. It all starts with a Free Automation Assessment Questionnaire. This free resource helps determine if automation is the right move for your business.

 If so, we move on to a free, 30-minute Virtual Opportunity Discussion to understand your needs and goals. If we determine that automation is a good fit, we can schedule a more in-depth virtual assessment. We’ll let you know if we don’t think automation is the right choice for you.

In-Depth Virtual Automation Assessment

This two-to-four-hour virtual Automation Assessment focuses on a single project and includes a review of your budget, ROI timelines, pictures, and video walkthroughs of your production floor. We’ll evaluate your goals, process targets, and automation opportunities while educating you and your team about the possibilities automation offers.

If we think automation is right for your business, we’ll follow up with a scoped project proposal designed to meet your targets, work with your workforce, and chart your growth.

Automation Assessment

Our On-Site Automation Assessment

When you need a complete analysis of the many opportunities in your entire production facility, we use the insights from the complementary assessment to scope your automation opportunities company-wide with boots on the ground.

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    We’ll tour your facility, collaborate with your business and manufacturing professionals, and transform that in-house knowledge into the machine’s design.

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    We’ll measure the concerns of the CEO against the ideals of machine operators and processing targets.

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    We’ll map low-risk, high-ROI options against a scatterplot of potential project options compared to your budget, timelines, and goals.

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    We’ll assess your facility for your volume, tolerances, workforce integration, engineering lift, and throughput and transform those targets into a project capable of swift ROI.

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    We’ll educate you on your automation solution options, everything from what a pick-and-place robot is to the comparative cycle times of a modular extrusion machine based on shifts, units, and bar length.

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    We’ll plan for training, workforce support, and complete integration into your processes. We’ll customize our education for your preferred level of operational independence, from guiding for self-sufficiency to complete supplier management.

At the end of the evaluation, we’ll help you select the ideal automation solution for your business. We’ll calculate your ROI based on the specific automation solutions you’re interested in.

In a follow-up meeting, we’ll discuss our assessment and determine the next steps for design, build, and installation. Once we have your approval, the project creation stage will begin.

Try your own ROI calculation with our downloadable ROI Calculator!

Talk to DEVELOP to Take the First Step

Our industrial designers and mechanical engineers collaborate to deliver efficient, functional, cost-effective, and compliant end products that perform as intended.

Ready to see how automation can transform your operational growth?

Discover the hidden opportunities within your manufacturing processes. Our experts are ready to uncover the potential ROI and help you strategize for transformative change. Let’s work together to achieve operational excellence.