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What Working with DEVELOP Looks Like

Your end-to-end automation partner, all the way through.
From discovery to ROI, we give you the clarity, systems, and support to scale with confidence.

There are many machine builders, but few are structured the way we are. Because we’re a vertically integrated, single-source partner, you don’t deal with fragmented timelines, multiple vendors, or vague handoffs. We own every stage of the project: strategy, design, engineering, build, test, install, training, and support.

That gives you:

  • Speed: Our proven process runs months faster than traditional integrators.
  • Control: You have one point of contact and full project visibility.
  • Consistency: Our team stays with you from scoping to installation and beyond.
  • Accountability: No blaming vendors. No finger-pointing. Just results.
  • Longevity: A system that evolves with your operation and a partner that stays involved.

If you’re ready to scale your operation, we’re ready to help you build what it takes to get there.

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PROCESS

Our Process

Practical Manufacturing Automation Solutions That Grow with You

New to automation or ready to scale? DEVELOP delivers manufacturing automation solutions that meet you where you are. We bring together engineering expertise, strategic insight, and in-house manufacturing to take your project from idea to execution and keep it running smoothly.

We build the systems that empower your team, support your growth goals, and evolve with your business. Here’s how that journey unfolds.

Assessment

Analyze your floor, flag bottlenecks, and build a roadmap worth executing.

Design

Engineer custom machines or systems around your actual needs.

Build

Manufacture, assemble, and test your solution in-house.

Install & Support

On-site delivery, operator training, and post-install optimization.

Partnership

Ongoing consulting and engineering embedded into your team.

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SOLUTIONS

The Automation Partner Program: Your First Step

Clarity before capital. Strategy before specs.

Most automation projects don’t fail because of bad machines. They fail because of misaligned expectations, vague scopes, or unclear ROI. That’s why we start every engagement with our Automation Partner Program. It’s a structured automation consulting service that ensures you have the clarity, tools, and buy-in you need before any equipment is designed.

Depending on your internal bandwidth and preferred pace, we offer four engagement models:

START

DIY

$2,500

Understand where automation fits in your operation.

  • Evaluate automation readiness
  • Identify production bottlenecks
  • Review potential automation targets
  • Prepare for a deeper factory assessment
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PLAN

Roadmap

$12,500 (credited to your first build)

$12,500 (credited to your first build)

A hands-on assessment of your production environment.

  • On-site factory walkthrough and engineering review
  • Production process and analysis
  • Identify automation opportunities
  • Build a clear automation implementation roadmap
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BUILD

Partnership

$35,000+

DEVELOP works alongside your team to design and deliver automation systems.

  • Ongoing engineering support
  • Custom automation and machine design
  • Robotics integration and system builds
  • Continuous improvement across production
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Whether you’re just dipping your toe in or ready to build a future-proof automation system, our tiered engagement model gives you options (and clarity) at every step.

And when you move forward with a DEVELOP machine build, we credit up to $25,000 of your assessment investment toward your project.

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Journey

The Journey From Automation Roadmap To Execution

By the end of this phase, you’ll have a focused automation strategy with stakeholder alignment, technical feasibility, and clear next steps, all ready to implement. And if you move forward with a DEVELOP machine build, you’ll get 100% credit for your engagement investment, up to $25,000.

Want to see the big impacts we have on businesses? Elec-Tron partnered with DEVELOP to build a custom extrusion processing machine that increased output to over 4.5 million units per year. The result: faster production, improved safety, and a future-ready system with rapid ROI.

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“This isn’t about pushing equipment. It’s about asking the right questions. What should you automate, how much should you invest, and how fast can you scale? That’s where real ROI starts.”

Matt Moseman
CEO, DEVELOP

Less friction. More insight. No filler.

From Process to Proposal

Once your automation roadmap is in place, the next step is turning vision into reality. This phase involves scoping and designing a system that fits your space, your people, and your production goals.

  • Start with a deep understanding of your manufacturing facility, team, and current workflows
  • Evaluate floor plans, operation paths, and production bottlenecks
  • Identify what automation must deliver, not just what it could look like.
  • We approach every design with a specific goal: to translate human steps into a precise machine process or module. We take your current operations and break them down, identifying where automation can deliver the most value.
  • From there, our engineers build a full CAD layout that integrates with your existing setup. Finally, we design the HMI, your new interface for interacting with manufacturing moving forward.
  • Interfaces are designed to flatten the learning curve so new operators become productive in days, not weeks.
  • Early-stage HMI previews let your team see how they’ll interact with the system before it’s built.
  • Each role sees only what matters: operators get a simple view, technicians access deeper controls, maintenance has service data, and engineers see the full system.
  • Base it on expected throughput gains, labor reallocation, and efficiency improvements
  • Give stakeholders clear data to evaluate investment impact.

Transparent Project Timeline

Transparent Project Timeline and Automation Project Management

Our project timelines aren’t built on guesswork. They’re driven by a structured risk assessment that happens before any design begins. This process is how we identify and front-load high-risk elements, determining where to start, what to prototype, and which modules to build first.

By tackling the biggest variables, we protect your timeline and budget from the start. We give you clear milestones and checkpoints along the way, and your team stays engaged at every stage. We also validate your machine with your parts throughout the build, ensuring real-world performance and eliminating costly surprises from day one.

Our structured automation project management approach keeps risk low, ensures accountability, and gives your team confidence from scope to installation.

Automation Implementation That Fits Your Operation

Designing and Building Your Machine, Engineered to Perform

Once we greenlight the scope, the machine moves into design. Unlike many integrators, we don’t send designs over the wall or hide behind vendor chains. You stay involved at every critical step. Then, we build everything in-house.

  • Our engineers visit your facility to validate assumptions, parts, and operator workflows
  • We use the structured risk assessment to guide our design and our project Gantt so we stay in control of your project.
  • HMI layouts are tested with your team to make sure they reflect real use cases
  • Built-in checkpoints: Gate 1A (review of mechanical design and HMI/controls) and Gate 1B (verification of revisions before moving to build).

If a tweak is needed, we make it early, when changes are fast and inexpensive.

  • Automated industrial equipment is fabricated, wired, and assembled in our facility
  • Each module is dry-tested before full integration to streamline testing
  • You can visit the floor anytime to see progress. We keep the door open quite literally.

Because we’re vertically integrated, we don’t lose time handing projects off between suppliers. Our build cycles are fast, our communication stays tight, and our quality stays consistent.

Validated performance. No surprises on install day

Testing, Delivery, and Deployment

We take testing seriously. Before anything ships, we run your actual parts through the machine to simulate real production. That includes:

  • Performance tuning for product quality, speed, and repeatability
  • Operator interface walkthroughs
  • Data validation (tracking, logging, and alerts)
  • Full functionality signoff at Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).

You’ll participate in two final review gates:

  • Gate 3A:  You assess performance, workflow, and usability
  • Gate 3B: We confirm all adjustments and prepare for shipment.

Once your machine arrives on site, we reassemble, install, and run Site Acceptance Testing (SAT). From there, we train your team to own the system from day one and beyond.

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Solutions

Operator and Maintenance Training

If your team can’t run it, it’s not a solution.

Training isn’t a one-off. It’s embedded into how we deploy your system. From day one, we focus on building confidence across your team, making sure everyone knows exactly how to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot the equipment in a way tailored to their role.

Here’s what that looks like:

On-site, Role Specific Operator

  • Hands-on walkthroughs at your facility, guided by our team
  • Operators learn safe startup/shutdown, material loading, changeovers, and how to respond to system alerts
  • Training is designed to build confidence, not just tick boxes.

In-depth Maintenance Team Support

  • Cover preventative maintenance routines, system schematics, and diagnostic processes
  • Highlight common wear items and how to address them
  • Ensure technicians can keep systems running smoothly without relying on external support.

HMI Navigation and Real-Time System Monitoring

  • Teach your team how to use the HMI effectively
  • Use real-time data, alerts, and controls to monitor and manage performance.

Delivered by the Experts Who Built It

  • Training is led by the engineers who designed and built your system
  • Your team gets direct, practical insights from people who know the system inside out
  • Refresher sessions are available if you bring on new hires or want to sharpen skills.

Support

Ongoing Support and Performance Optimization

Automation doesn’t stop at delivery. Neither do we.

When your system goes live, our job isn’t over. Every new DEVELOP machine includes 90 days of premium automation support, free. After that, you choose from flexible service packages: quarterly, annual, or on-demand.

Support options include:

  • Remote diagnostics for faster issue resolution
  • Predictive maintenance strategies based on sensor data
  • Secure remote connections for updates and troubleshooting
  • Performance dashboards and Power BI integration for data visibility

With DEVELOP, automation services don’t end at delivery. We help you optimize performance over time.

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Manufacturing Automation Solutions with Measurable Impact

Results that Scale

One of our long-standing partners, Elec-Tron, gave us a simple goal: increase their output. We helped them scale up to 4 million units annually across multiple product lines in under a year. That system wasn’t just designed and built in-house; it was scoped, tested, optimized, and supported by DEVELOP from start to finish.

That’s the kind of partnership we build, and that’s the kind of automation integration that delivers rapid ROI.

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Ready to Build Your Advantage?

Automation is leverage, when it’s built on a solid plan. Let’s build yours.

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