At the microbrewery Dansk Mjød, pallets with empty bottles must be emptied daily, and the bottles must be placed on a conveyor belt. It is physically demanding work, which until now has been done manually. If one of the company’s employees falls ill, it affects the entire company’s flow, delivery, operations and finances.
Dansk Mjød wanted a flexible automation solution that spared the employees many daily lifts, made production more efficient and ensured a continuous flow without interruptions and delays.
This calculator shows the potentially dramatic impact in savings on a robot versus manual labor over the life of the project.
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Our calculator should be seen as an indication. With each installation, there may be other costs / savings that affect the repayment of the individual installation.Total system costs for new automation solution
Number of robots for new solution
Application of solution
Annual labor costs per operator, including employee benefits
Number of operators released per shift
(Note: % part that is released is entered on the next page)Percentage of workforce retained for system operation per shift:
Expected increased productivity
Other savings
Year
Months
Break even
Freed labor over 7 years
Productivity improvement over 7 years
Return 
