At DEVELOP LLC we consider it our fiduciary responsibility to be open, honest, and upfront about the costs, timelines, challenges, and rewards when integrating automated technology into a business. The internet can be a confusing source for finding accurate representations of knowledge when verifying sources, evaluating bias, and sifting kernels…

Imagine this scenario: Your team member with tacit knowledge, decades of experience, and brand loyalty becomes functionally irreplaceable. No one on the team can replicate their knowledge and skills to make your products because no matter how hard you look, the modern job pool no longer has prospects with the…

A fully scoped automation integration plan targets every element of your business, including workforce adoption. Engaging your workforce in the adoption of the software, engineering, and robotics involved with automation integration is a requirement for ensuring the swiftest return on investment.     The Challenges of Workforce Assumptions    A great…

  The National Association of Manufacturers projects that more than half of the 4.6 million manufacturing jobs created over the next decade will go unfulfilled. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers reports 89% of manufacturers are finding difficulty hiring skilled workers. At the same time, demand for manufacturing continues to rise…

  At DEVELOP LLC, we understand the seduction of quick, low cost, low effort solutions to the labor shortage even when they depend on shaky logic, unlikely scenarios, and unworkable promises. If you can solve a serious problem without relying on a long-term plan, even a long-term plan that guarantees…

  At DEVELOP LLC, we know that the highest risk is no risk. We’ve seen many businesses use cost containment as an excuse to strangle their growth, drive away customers, open the door to competitors, and prevent adoption of necessary technology. We’ve seen many businesses blind themselves to guarantees on…

  At DEVELOP LLC, we want to break with tradition for a moment and highlight a revolutionary opportunity focused strategy for integrating your industrial machine, robot, or engineering solution. Prioritizing Opportunity Automation Integration (OAI) achieves the same goals of increased revenue, scalability, consistency, productivity, safety, confidence, satisfaction, and retention as…

  If you are reading this, you might be considering your first automation project. A lot of manufacturers struggle with concerns that by automating their manual production they are tampering with a working formula, they are taking an unproven financial risk, or that they are betraying the traditional company principles.  …

  A custom automation integration project can easily hit six figures and take months or years of collaboration. Gauging who can deliver a machine or robot that fits the needs of your business can be the difference between long term success and years of setback. Automation integration companies have different…