How One Small Manufacturer Runs 4000 Products Per Year—24/7—with a Flexible Robot

Imagine receiving a morning email from a customer, not with a question or complaint, but a photo of their robot running through the night—again. In fact, this small manufacturer in the wood industry frequently operates 24/7, thanks to a robot solution so flexible it handles 4,000 new product variants per machine per year, effortlessly.

This is the power of true flexibility in automation—where short runs, no-code setup, and mobile robots make what was once impossible now profitable.

How One Small Manufacturer Runs 24/7 With 4000 New Products a Year

The Challenge with Traditional Robots

Conventional robot solutions often fall short in high-mix, low-volume production environments:

• Programming takes 8–10 hours or more per new product.

• Skilled robot programmers are required.

• Robots are fixed to one machine, limiting ROI.

• Manual access to machines is blocked, reducing flexibility.

💡 The result? Robots sit idle, unable to justify their cost unless running long, repetitive series.

A New Approach to Flexibility and Productivity

One of our customers—a small subcontractor manufacturer in the wood industry—proves what's possible:

• 4000 new product variants/year—in each machine.

• Short series in the morning, longer runs overnight and on weekends.

• Mobile robot unit moved between machines as needed.

• Uses Serialized One for zero-programming setup.

With this setup, they’ve unlocked:

• 📈 +52% productivity increase

• ⏱️ One-second robot programming

• 🧑‍🏭 Freed up 1.5 operators per shift

• 💰 Extra "free shifts" = profit directly to the bottom line

Why Mobility and No-Code Programming Matter

This customer can:

• Start small series in the morning with zero setup time.

• Let the robot run lights-out during evenings and weekends.

• Move the robot to any machine—instantly adapting to demand.

⚠️ Without mobile, flexible robots, this would be impossible. Fixed robots with complex programming simply can’t keep up.

Benefits for the Real World of Manufacturing

This isn’t just a one-off success story. We have many customers achieving the same results.

Benefits include:

• 🧠 No need for robot programming knowledge

• 🛠️ Instant manual access to machines

• 📦 Scalable automation—even for small batches

• 💸 Faster ROI, more uptime, and reduced labor costs

Want to Run 24/7 Like This? Let’s Talk

If your robot stands still too often, it’s not paying off. Let’s change that.