Stage 1: Assess current operations and identify areas of improvement

How can you get to where you want to be if you don't know where you are?

Figuring out where you are today helps you create your modernization roadmap for tomorrow. Evaluate the condition, performance and capabilities of your existing machinery and equipment. Consider factors such as age, maintenance history, reliability, capacity, and compatibility with new technologies.

Our Modernization Assessment will evaluate your business operations to highlight areas of risk and potential improvements to your facility’s infrastructure, energy efficiency and personnel development. This assessment provides the data and insights you need to help create a modernization plan to get you to where you want to be. 

After you have thoroughly assessed the lifecycle of your equipment, you will want to analyze your current processes and workflows to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas where productivity can be improved. 

Pinpoint areas where productivity and quality are impacted, and where costs are high. This will help you prioritize upgrades that will drive productivity and efficiency. Conduct root cause analysis to understand the underlying factors contributing to the identified issues and discover available solutions that could help lessen or remove your bottlenecks.

Our operational walkthrough program is built upon continuous improvement methods to help progress your business goals through strategic improvements on the factory floor. The program is designed to continually identify, assess, and realize projects that address pain points and improve bottom line performance.

Our operational walkthrough includes:

• A readout with consultative recommendations from our team of industrial experts
• A prioritized improvement strategy
• A plan of action to deliver selected projects

Through Rockwell Automation, we offer safety assessments to evaluate plant risk and help you make well-informed decisions to support the safety of your employees.

In addition, safety assessment services are scalable – offering options for you to meet your safety goals in a cost-effective and manageable manner across your entire enterprise, both locally and globally.

This strategy provides you the flexibility to focus on the key issues specific to your facility through the use of machine audits, guarding assessments, safety assessments and team-based risk assessments.

Seek input from management, engineers, maintenance, operators and quality assurance to understand their current challenges, unique pain points and opportunities for improvement. By understanding each individuals' pain points, you will gain a better understanding of the state of your facility today to create your modernization improvements for tomorrow. 

Modernization can help not only the life and efficiency of your equipment, but also improve the job satisfaction and morale of all involved employees.