ROI of Automation

Presented by Tom Kepper, Pinnacle Converting Equipment & Services, LLC

The long-term demographics of the US labor force are not favoring the domestic manufacturing environment. Additionally, many of the educational opportunities point new entrants into segments of the labor market outside of the factory. Automation is one of the trends that may help ameliorate this trend and its impact on domestic manufacturing, but there are initial and ongoing cost implications. These changes also require some different methodologies beyond the traditional 18-month payback. This session will explore current trends and discuss some of the automation that has been developed & deployed by some of the industry leaders.