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Perspectives

When Is Automation Right for Your Pad-Printing Business? (Part 1)

Four diagnostics — growth constraint, ROI, labor costs, strategic expansion — that say it's time to automate.

EPS recommends automation upgrades when analysis shows opportunities to save time and money by investing wisely in a custom automated system.

Four timing diagnostics

Growth constraints

Consider automation when you find your business losing time in setup, prep and assembly, or when staff cannot keep pace with orders.

Return on investment

Automation should have a reasonable ROI based upon industry norms, with examples ranging from simple workplace reorganization to complex machinery.

Labor costs

When labor expenses limit growth, automation enables reallocation of employees to tasks machines cannot perform, supporting business expansion.

Strategic expansion

Automation paired with available capital and realistic growth projections creates “one eye on your ROI and the other looking toward potential growth.”

What EPS automates

We offer custom solutions including bowl feeders, optical/laser positioning, robotic pick-and-place systems, custom software, and infrared drying systems tailored to manufacturing processes.

Continue to Part 2 — the happy ending and the sad ending.