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Physical AI
Reduce waste, raise throughput, and get your floor ready for automation — without buying any equipment yet.
Solve Technology's Lean Manufacturing engagement applies the proven lean toolkit — value-stream mapping, 5S, kaizen, SMED, takt analysis — to mid-market production floors that are ready to operate more efficiently and considering automation as the next step.
Most manufacturers we work with overpay for capacity (extra inventory, extra labor, extra shifts) because their underlying process leaks time and material. Before any robotic cell or Physical AI investment makes sense, those leaks need to be visible and addressed. We do that work first — then help you decide which automation investments will compound, and which will just paper over inefficiency.
Engagements run 8 to 16 weeks and pair a senior operations consultant with your plant leadership. Deliverables include a current-state map, a future-state map, an implementation backlog, and a 90-day operational improvement plan — typically with 10–30% throughput improvement before any capital is spent.
Current-state and future-state maps for your highest-volume products. Bottlenecks, queue times, and rework loops surfaced visually.
Walk-through and timed observation across the seven lean wastes (TIMWOOD). Quantified hours and dollars per category.
Standard operating procedures for the operations that matter most. Photos, takt times, quality checks — everything a new operator needs.
Stack-ranked list of kaizen events, SMED projects, and layout changes — with effort, hours saved, and dollar impact estimated for each.
Which lines are ready for robotic cells, vision, or Physical AI — and which need lean work first. Stops you wasting capital.
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On-site walk-throughs, timed observation, interviews with operators and supervisors. 1 week.
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Current-state and future-state maps for top product families. 2–3 weeks.
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Run 1–2 focused improvement events with your team to prove the methodology and the ROI.
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90-day improvement plan with owners, dates, and metrics. Automation-readiness scoring delivered with the roadmap.
Common questions about Solve Technology's lean manufacturing engagement.
Tell us about your plant. We'll come back with a scope, a tour plan, and a fixed quote.
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