Five Reasons U.S. Companies Should Automate Now

Right now, busi­ness­es in the Unit­ed States are fac­ing some tough chal­lenges includ­ing off­shoring pres­sures, approach­ing work short­ages, fierce com­pe­ti­tion, and eco­nom­ic upheaval. Robots offer a way to fight back and stay strong. Con­sid­er the unique ben­e­fits robots pro­vide for U.S. man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies at this unique point in time.

1. Com­bat Off­shoring:
Man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies in the Unit­ed States don’t have con­tend with the unfore­seen costs and has­sles posed by off­shoring. Robots allow man­u­fac­tur­ing and oth­er com­pa­nies to remain on U.S. soil while still achiev­ing off­shoring goals (i.e. low cost, high qual­i­ty pro­duc­tion). Robots offer a much more reli­able way to keep man­u­fac­tur­ing costs down and remain com­pet­i­tive in the glob­al econ­o­my.

2. Pre­pare for Skilled Work­er Short­age:
It may seem hard to believe con­sid­er­ing the cur­rent unem­ploy­ment rate, but the Unit­ed States will soon be fac­ing a severe work­er short­age. Accord­ing to a recent Indus­try Week arti­cle, over the next five years baby boomers (mak­ing up 40% of the work­force) will begin retir­ing en masse and there won’t be enough work­ers with sim­i­lar skill sets to fill the open­ings. Work­er pop­u­la­tions in spe­cif­ic appli­ca­tions, such as weld­ing, will be espe­cial­ly hard hit. Pre­pare your com­pa­ny for this inevitable short­age by invest­ing in indus­tri­al robots.

3. Com­pete Local­ly and Glob­al­ly:
Indus­tri­al robots make it pos­si­ble for U.S. com­pa­nies to keep up with both domes­tic and for­eign com­peti­tors. As men­tioned ear­li­er, robots are reli­able tools that can effec­tive­ly keep costs down and qual­i­ty con­sis­tent. This way your com­pa­ny can com­pete with low labor costs abroad, respond eas­i­ly to prod­uct and pack­ag­ing changes, as well as stream­line and increase pro­duc­tion.

More and more busi­ness­es are turn­ing to robots to gain a com­pet­i­tive edge. Dur­ing the first nine months of this year, robot orders from North Amer­i­can com­pa­nies have increased 34%. Don’t fall behind! Invest in robots today.

4. Take Advan­tage of Tax Incen­tives:
Recent leg­is­la­tion makes automat­ing with robots even more advan­ta­geous for U.S. man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies. The Small Busi­ness Jobs Act extend­ed and expand­ed Sec­tion 179. Now equip­ment (both new and used) that is ordered and put into use in 2010 or 2011 is eli­gi­ble for the tax write-off. In addi­tion, the thresh­olds have dou­bled. Com­pa­nies can write-off the first $500,000 (not just the $250,000). The cap on pur­chas­es has grown from $800,000 to $2 mil­lion.

5. Strength­en the Coun­try:
The Unit­ed States has been through some dif­fi­cult times of late. The econ­o­my is still recov­er­ing from a reces­sion and unem­ploy­ment is at a record low (9.6% accord­ing to the BLS). With robots you have a chance to give back — to make sure you con­tribute to build­ing up this nation. Be a force of change: stay­ing onshore, pro­vid­ing robot techs and pro­gram­mers with jobs, and con­tribut­ing to the coun­try’s eco­nom­ic well­be­ing.

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