If you’re serious about robotic welding, you need to get serious about payback.

Too many manufacturers make critical investment decisions based on generic assumptions or simplified ROI calculators that miss key cost drivers and performance factors.

Whether you’re trying to make a business case or avoid a costly misstep, this guide gives you clarity where it counts.

This eBook covers the following key topics:

• Why ROI matters, and how poor estimates lead to poor outcomes
• Common ROI pitfalls and how to avoid them
• The full picture of investment: equipment, integration, training, and more
• Why upfront testing saves money
• Upstream impact on ROI
• Labor savings, arc-on time, and lights-out manufacturing
• How consumable efficiency adds up faster than you think
• Quality improvement and how rework quietly destroys profitability
• Opportunity cost: the ROI killer nobody tracks
• Why custom solutions often outperform off-the-shelf systems