12/06/2026
Your robot cell is underused.
The cell looks busy because the robot is moving. But "moving" isn't "producing." 38% productive cycle. 24% idle waiting upstream. 12% blocked downstream. 15% changeover. 11% starved of material. Six hours in every ten are something other than value-add.
A robot at 38% utilization is 62% of a second robot you didn't have to buy. The capacity is already paid for — it just isn't being scheduled.
We instrument one cell, build the timecard, find the dominant idle cause — in 2 weeks. Typical reclaim: +28% throughput without buying a robot.
Comment MEASURE to start.