2024 Automation Industry Insight Article Roundup

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Contents

  1. The 2024 Wisconsin Manufacturing Report Recommends Automated Manufacturing
  2. 7 Ways Automation Improves Efficiency and Reduces Costs
  3. Bargaining Yourself to Death: Why You Can’t Ignore Pick and Place Robotics
  4. Businesses Need Long Term Contract Manufacturing 
  5. Cobots vs. Industrial Robots: Collaborative Automation for Agile Manufacturing
  6. Cobots vs. Robots: What’s Right For You?
  7. Demand Communication: Inoculation Against Late Changes to Your Industrial Machine Design Proposal
  8. DEVELOP’s Guide to End of Arm Tooling (EOAT)
  9. The Future of Manufacturing: How Embedded Hardware is Driving Automation
  10. The Hidden ROI of Automation for Manufacturers
  11. How Adhesive Dispensing Automation Ensures Consistent Quality and Reduces Waste
  12. How Automation Can Help Overcome Labor Shortages in Manufacturing
  13. How Embedded Hardware and Automation Combine to Power Smart Manufacturing
  14. How to apply 80/20 principles to your Automation Integration 
  15. How to Calculate ROI for Automation Projects: A Comprehensive Guide
  16. Implementing Automation for Quality Control Improvements in Manufacturing
  17. Industrial Automation needs Healthcare’s PR Firm
  18. Industrial Robotics in Manufacturing: Your Guide to Optimizing Every Process
  19. Life Sciences Boom in Wisconsin: Automate Manufacturing Now
  20. Manufacturer’s Guide to Palletizing and Packaging Robots
  21. Never Automate Without a Single Source Guarantee
  22. PCB Assembly Automation: A Comprehensive Guide
  23. The Power of a Vertically Integrated Team for Automation Projects
  24. Reshoring & Thriving: The Power of Vertical Automation Integration
  25. Robotic Palletizing Systems: Automating Your End-of-Line Processes for Increased Productivity
  26. Robotics Safety: Tools, Guarding, Strategies, Regulations & Best Practices
  27. Robots Taking Over Jobs: Separating Myth from Reality in the Age of Automation
  28. The Seven Dangers of a One Person In-House Automation Team
  29. Six Ways the Automation Fixture System Saves you Money
  30. Top 4 Tips for Getting Tax Credits and Grants for Manufacturing Automation
  31. When to Break the 80/20 Rule in Automation Integration 
  32. Why Reshore Your Manufacturing in America
  33. Your Guide to Robotic Automation Solutions for Manufacturing
  34. There's More to Come in 2025!

At DEVELOP LLC, we’re proud of our commitment to educating our customers beyond our competitors with a series of researched Industry Insight Articles. We maintained that momentum after the 2023 Insight Article Roundup with even more articles through 2024 and we have gathered them all here in a single list. Take some time and make sure you haven’t missed out on the one answer you needed about engineering, growing your business with automation, and how to increase your revenue with robotic solutions:

The 2024 Wisconsin Manufacturing Report Recommends Automated Manufacturing

We take an in depth look at the 2024 Wisconsin Manufacturing Report and why it shows the time is now to automate your manufacturing.

7 Ways Automation Improves Efficiency and Reduces Costs

The best ways custom automated machines bring value to your business, improve revenue, and cut costs.

Bargaining Yourself to Death: Why You Can’t Ignore Pick and Place Robotics

All of the ways Pick and Place robots can improve your manufacturing.

Businesses Need Long Term Contract Manufacturing 

How to use onshore long term manufacturing contracts instead of turning to third parties or overseas manufacturers.

Cobots vs. Industrial Robots: Collaborative Automation for Agile Manufacturing

When cobots work, and how to best utilize cobots in your manufacturing.

Cobots vs. Robots: What’s Right For You?

We go through the basic differences between an industrial robot and a cobot and why it matters when scoping your next automated project.

Demand Communication: Inoculation Against Late Changes to Your Industrial Machine Design Proposal

A roadmap to keeping communication problems from injecting risk into your project from the beginning and a guide to communication with an integrator.

DEVELOP’s Guide to End of Arm Tooling (EOAT)

Our comprehensive look at End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) and how important it is to robotic manufacturing.

The Future of Manufacturing: How Embedded Hardware is Driving Automation

We explain how embedded hardware computer technology is shaping innovation and how to embrace it.

The Hidden ROI of Automation for Manufacturers

We teach you how to find ways to calculate ROI beyond the short-term figures on the ROI calculator.

How Adhesive Dispensing Automation Ensures Consistent Quality and Reduces Waste

When a turnkey machine takes on adhesive dispensing tasks, it improves every aspect of your manufacturing.

How Automation Can Help Overcome Labor Shortages in Manufacturing

Not only why automation is good for tackling labor shortages, but why it is absolutely necessary.

How Embedded Hardware and Automation Combine to Power Smart Manufacturing

We look at embedded hardware today, and then look forward to embedded hardware solutions for the future.

How to apply 80/20 principles to your Automation Integration 

Why 80/20 matters in practical turnkey automation scoping, how to take 80/20 out of the boardroom, and how to apply it to your manufacturing project.

How to Calculate ROI for Automation Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

We show you everything from the broad ROI considerations to the fine details you need to be aware of to plot ROI for automation.

Implementing Automation for Quality Control Improvements in Manufacturing

Both the intentional and inherent qualities of automated technology that put the control in quality control.

Industrial Automation needs Healthcare’s PR Firm

The shocking hypocrisy of how the media celebrates automated machines, robotic technology, and interoperable systems in medicine, and then expresses doubt about turnkey manufacturing.

Industrial Robotics in Manufacturing: Your Guide to Optimizing Every Process

Our in-depth guide on how the professionals find practical applications of robotics in manufacturing spaces.

Life Sciences Boom in Wisconsin: Automate Manufacturing Now

If you haven’t heard about the recent Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub declaration, this article will let you know about a can’t miss opportunity for your life sciences manufacturing.

Manufacturer’s Guide to Palletizing and Packaging Robots

Everything you wanted to know about Palletizing and Packaging Robots.

Never Automate Without a Single Source Guarantee

What’s the difference between a project that farms out the stages of a project to 3rd parties and a vertically integrated automation partner? You need to know!

PCB Assembly Automation: A Comprehensive Guide

Embedded hardware needs repeatable printed circuit boards, we tell you how to achieve that goal with automation.

The Power of a Vertically Integrated Team for Automation Projects

Every advantage you get when you partner with a single source automation integrator for your Automation project.

Reshoring & Thriving: The Power of Vertical Automation Integration

The smartest companies are reshoring their manufacturing with automation in house, we tell you why.

Robotic Palletizing Systems: Automating Your End-of-Line Processes for Increased Productivity

Why so many manufacturing companies choose to start their automation journey with a robotic palletizing system.

Robotics Safety: Tools, Guarding, Strategies, Regulations & Best Practices

Every term you need to start formalizing your safety using robotic solutions and automated equipment.

Robots Taking Over Jobs: Separating Myth from Reality in the Age of Automation

Wait…. automated machines are good for labor!? We show you the numbers.

The Seven Dangers of a One Person In-House Automation Team

Before you try building an automated machine by yourself, you should check these common pitfalls of single engineer automation teams.

Six Ways the Automation Fixture System Saves you Money

Is your warehouse choked with unused automation cells or burdened by long inconsistent job set ups? Check out the AFS!

Top 4 Tips for Getting Tax Credits and Grants for Manufacturing Automation

DEVELOP LLC has successfully gotten Tax Credits, Grants, and Incentives for automation equipment, we share our winning strategies.

When to Break the 80/20 Rule in Automation Integration 

Be aware of the cases you should intentionally integrate a machine or robotic solution for your manufacturing that breaks the 80/20 rule.

Why Reshore Your Manufacturing in America

We show you why the market has shifted for American manufacturers to choose “Made in America” and how they are doing it with automation.

Your Guide to Robotic Automation Solutions for Manufacturing

You’ve heard of top ten? Here are 3.4 million reasons to adopt turnkey automation into your manufacturing and how to do it.

There’s More to Come in 2025!

DEVELOP LLC is proud of doubling our Insight Articles in 2024 over 2023. We’re going to keep adding more pages, more Insight Articles, and more Knowledge Base articles in 2025.

  • We believe that automation vocabulary shouldn’t be gated like trade secrets.
  • We believe that ROI, higher revenue, improved safety, product consistency, precision quality, lower production costs, and manufacturing ownership are rights of the American manufacturer.
  • We believe that the best decisions for your business are made on facts, falsifiable data, and demonstrable outcomes.
  • We believe that automated machines and robotic solutions are good for labor.
  • We believe answering your questions, confronting your doubts, and realistic appraisals of your risks should never be sacrificed in the name of sales.
  • We believe that automation integration is ethical.
  • We believe engineering experts have a responsibility to educate.
  • We believe in Automation Assessments.
  • We believe automation integration is a means to growing your business.

Ready to take your automation to the next level in the new year?

Contact DEVELOP today to discuss your manufacturing project. Our expert engineers will work closely with you to identify the optimal solutions for your applications, ensuring you achieve maximum efficiency, productivity, and return on investment.

Tell us more about your project, schedule a virtual meeting, or call (262)-622-6104 to set up a free virtual automation discussion with an automation specialist.

Your journey to a more efficient, innovative, and competitive manufacturing operation starts here.

About the Author:

Matt Moseman leads as President of DEVELOP, with a strong foundation from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he earned both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in New Product Management. Moseman’s career highlights include his pivotal role in founding NodeUDesign, innovating in automation hardware, and driving DEVELOP LLC to the forefront of industrial robotics with a focus on enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Contents

  1. The 2024 Wisconsin Manufacturing Report Recommends Automated Manufacturing
  2. 7 Ways Automation Improves Efficiency and Reduces Costs
  3. Bargaining Yourself to Death: Why You Can’t Ignore Pick and Place Robotics
  4. Businesses Need Long Term Contract Manufacturing 
  5. Cobots vs. Industrial Robots: Collaborative Automation for Agile Manufacturing
  6. Cobots vs. Robots: What’s Right For You?
  7. Demand Communication: Inoculation Against Late Changes to Your Industrial Machine Design Proposal
  8. DEVELOP’s Guide to End of Arm Tooling (EOAT)
  9. The Future of Manufacturing: How Embedded Hardware is Driving Automation
  10. The Hidden ROI of Automation for Manufacturers
  11. How Adhesive Dispensing Automation Ensures Consistent Quality and Reduces Waste
  12. How Automation Can Help Overcome Labor Shortages in Manufacturing
  13. How Embedded Hardware and Automation Combine to Power Smart Manufacturing
  14. How to apply 80/20 principles to your Automation Integration 
  15. How to Calculate ROI for Automation Projects: A Comprehensive Guide
  16. Implementing Automation for Quality Control Improvements in Manufacturing
  17. Industrial Automation needs Healthcare’s PR Firm
  18. Industrial Robotics in Manufacturing: Your Guide to Optimizing Every Process
  19. Life Sciences Boom in Wisconsin: Automate Manufacturing Now
  20. Manufacturer’s Guide to Palletizing and Packaging Robots
  21. Never Automate Without a Single Source Guarantee
  22. PCB Assembly Automation: A Comprehensive Guide
  23. The Power of a Vertically Integrated Team for Automation Projects
  24. Reshoring & Thriving: The Power of Vertical Automation Integration
  25. Robotic Palletizing Systems: Automating Your End-of-Line Processes for Increased Productivity
  26. Robotics Safety: Tools, Guarding, Strategies, Regulations & Best Practices
  27. Robots Taking Over Jobs: Separating Myth from Reality in the Age of Automation
  28. The Seven Dangers of a One Person In-House Automation Team
  29. Six Ways the Automation Fixture System Saves you Money
  30. Top 4 Tips for Getting Tax Credits and Grants for Manufacturing Automation
  31. When to Break the 80/20 Rule in Automation Integration 
  32. Why Reshore Your Manufacturing in America
  33. Your Guide to Robotic Automation Solutions for Manufacturing
  34. There's More to Come in 2025!
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