How to Justify the Cost of a Robotic System

Robot­ic sys­tems bring many ben­e­fits to man­u­fac­tur­ers in the form of improved pro­duc­tion speed, prod­uct qual­i­ty, and over­all effi­cien­cy. How­ev­er, the ini­tial invest­ment can be quite large for a com­pa­ny of any size, and it may seem hard to jus­ti­fy the $80,000 to $125,000 expense.

Since that lev­el of invest­ment is a large expense for any com­pa­ny, here are some things to con­sid­er when jus­ti­fy­ing the cost to investors, board mem­bers, or oth­er exec­u­tives in your company:

Cut­ting Labor Costs

A typ­i­cal robot sys­tem can eas­i­ly pro­duce the same amount of work as four work­ers. If you are run­ning one robot sys­tem of three sep­a­rate shifts a day, that one robot sys­tem is com­plet­ing the same amount of work as 12 work­ers. The salary sav­ings alone, along with the sav­ings on health care and oth­er employ­ee ben­e­fits is a huge jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for pur­chas­ing a sys­tem. There is also a sav­ings on man­u­al labor expens­es like safe­ty equip­ment and oth­er required weld­ing equip­ment for each laborer.

Uptime Advan­tages

Unlike man­u­al work­ers, robot sys­tems do not require lunch­es, days off, vaca­tions, or sick days. They are able to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with con­sis­tent, qual­i­ty output. 

Cut­ting Down on Errors

Robots are com­mon­place in the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try and have been proven to be extreme­ly reli­able. When man­u­fac­tur­ers choose to use man­u­al welders, rather than robot­ic welders, they run the risk of not using cer­ti­fied weld­ing pro­ce­dures and rely­ing on man­u­al work­ers to prop­er­ly deposit all required welds. By using robot­ic sys­tems, human errors are no longer an issue. 

A Com­pet­i­tive Glob­al Market

The mar­ket is no longer local. It is a glob­al mar­ket and keep­ing a com­pet­i­tive edge is impor­tant for any com­pa­ny, espe­cial­ly in the man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try. Not only will robot­ic automa­tion allow you to con­tin­ue to inno­vate and improve the qual­i­ty of your prod­ucts, but it will also attract new cus­tomers and allow for tax advan­tages like the Sec­tion 179 tax deduction. 

As you can see, there are sev­er­al dif­fer­ent jus­ti­fi­ca­tions for pur­chas­ing a robot­ic automa­tion sys­tem for your shop. If you would like to learn more about these advan­tages and infor­ma­tion on how to pur­chase one, please con­tact Robots​.com today online or at 877−762−6881.