Automation without the guesswork: Free ROI tool

Investing in automation isn’t just about saving costs. It’s about boosting your production, reducing risks and future-proofing your business. With this free tool, you can take the first step towards a well-founded business case and more informed decisions.

Many manufacturing companies face the same question: to invest in automation or not? The cost is visible, but the cost of doing nothing often goes unnoticed. With this tool for robotics and vision applications, you can quickly gain insight into your project’s profitability and back up your decision with concrete figures.

• What is the total investment?
• What benefits can you expect?
• How quickly will you recoup that investment?

The Excel tool follows four steps: assumptions, estimation of benefits and costs, and a summary of the results. The tool automatically calculates various key financial indicators:

• Payback period
• ROI and the average annual return
• NPV (net present value)
• IRR (internal rate of return)

This gives you an initial, structured assessment of your business case.

Business Case under the microscope

Not all benefits can be easily translated into euros. For example, automation helps you to ensure more consistent quality, reduce the workload and improve safety on the shop floor. Flexibility and traceability also increase, which is important in a context of stricter requirements and smaller batches. In many cases, we see that automation projects pay off faster than expected, especially when you take both direct and indirect effects into account.

From figures to decisions

An initial financial estimate is a good starting point, but not the end point. Some elements are often underestimated, such as integration costs, adjustments to your production environment or future upgrades. On the other hand, an investment in automation is not just about cost savings. It is about strengthening your production, reducing risks and future-proofing your business.

This tool helps you make informed decisions.

Download the tool for free below or contact an expert for help with your specific business case.
More information on the tool development @ Sirris