ROI
Does a shift from manual to automatic palletizing make sense for your company? What can you expect to get in return for your investment?
Reducing Labor Costs & Increasing Value
When you consider the challenges related to finding workers for physically demanding, repetitive jobs, the benefits to integrating a robotic palletizer become very clear. Let's compare manual labor with robotic labor.
Manual
Robotic
Labor
- Average hourly rate of $16-$24, and rising
- Requires management staff
- Third shift is paid more and overtime is extra
- Labor shortage & labor turnover
- Operating costs for robots range from $0.15 to $1.50 per hour
- Requires minor oversight
- No premium for night shift or overtime
Downtime
- Smoke breaks, lunches, sick time, vacation are typically built into work schedule
- Robots don't take vacations, lunch, or smoke breaks
Quality Control
- A study found that 23% of all unplanned downtime in manufacturing is the result of human error
- Properly programmed robots deliver consistent standards including stack patterns, products per load, and load integrity
- Proven quality control improvements
Liablity
- 3.5 out of every 100 full-time workers are injured on the job
- Properly programmed robots deliver consistent standards including stack patterns, products per load, and load integrity
- Robots don't get hurt or file insurance claims
Personnel Management
- Typical workers get 2-3 weeks paid time off
- Hiring and recruiting costs can be quite high
- Robots require minimal maintenance and incur little cost when not in operation
- Robot supply is predictable and cost-effective
How Can We Help?
At any stage of your automation project, we can help. Call us at 314-438-3300 or fill out the form below.