Automating Your Shop

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There is a series of steps and decisions necessary when retrofitting a woodworking operation to take advantage of automation. Nearly every facet of the business is impacted once decisions are made to move to new ways of producing custom woodwork projects. This session will explore considerations and planning necessary to create a smooth transition from the perspective of a shop owner who built his business using automation from the ground up.

What You’ll Learn:

• How software has replaced most manual functions, and what it means to production
• Machinery selection: What to look for to meet current and future needs
• Work flow on the shop floor and strategies to minimize the bottlenecks inherent in automated processing
• Infrastructure considerations in electrical and compressed air availability and capacity, material storage and handling and the like
• Front office and sales and employee considerations are explored as well.