Independent automation readiness assessments
Know what will stall your automation project before you commit capital.
Evidence-backed, vendor-neutral assessments for warehouses, distribution centers, 3PLs and manufacturers. Every scored finding traces to the response, document or measurement behind it. Where the evidence is missing, we say so.
How we work
The assessment refuses to say what the evidence doesn't support.
That is the point. A readiness finding you can't trace is just an opinion.
No evidence, no determination
An answer on a questionnaire never verifies anything on its own. Without the evidence, the result is withheld and you get a list of what's needed.
Every finding is traceable
Each scored finding points to the response, document, page, table or measurement behind it.
Critical issues lead
A blocker can't be averaged away by strong results elsewhere. It leads the report, and a blocked run shows no headline score.
"Not yet" is a real answer
If process, data or economics need work first, the result says automation isn't indicated yet, based on measured conditions, not on missing paperwork.
Automation Readiness Assessment
The full, multi-domain assessment for a proposed automation initiative: facility, power, network, systems, data, process, people, safety and economics, judged against your use case. First use case: autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
Warehouse Wi-Fi & RF Readiness
Coverage, roaming, capacity and interference for robots, scanners and connected equipment.
Product & Master Data Readiness
Whether your item records are right about the physical item: dimensions, weights, packaging, barcodes.
WMS / MES / ERP Integration Readiness
Whether your systems agree with each other: interfaces, data sync, events and exception handling.
IT/OT Cybersecurity & Remote Access
Boundaries, segmentation and vendor remote access for connected automation systems.
Independent by design
We don't sell, select or represent robots.
Vendor-run "free assessments" tend to find that you need what the vendor sells. Ours is built to find what will stall the project, whoever supplies it. The findings are yours to take to any vendor, integrator or internal team.
Robotics Readiness is powered by Layer8 Tech Group, which offers network, systems-integration and advisory work if you want help closing the gaps. There's no obligation to use it.
From assessment to RFP
A requirements pack that records what your operation needs, its constraints and its open items, so you go to market with requirements no vendor wrote. It names needs, never products or suppliers.
What the assessment is not
It isn't a robot-selection tool, an engineering or safety sign-off, or permission to deploy. Structural, electrical, fire and safety questions are identified for qualified specialists to determine.
Free field guide
Before the Robot: eight questions to answer before investing in automation.
Strategy, facility, connectivity, product data, integration, security, operations and people. For each one: what can go wrong, the evidence to examine, and what to do next. Then screen your own operation in a couple of minutes.
18.4% of active SKU records lack one or more required physical attributes for the proposed handling workflow.
A finding names its evidence, states the rule it was tested against, and claims no more than the evidence supports.
Read the chapter →Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you're considering automating. We'll tell you what an assessment would need to see, and whether it's the right next step.
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