Talk Shop With Kyle Feat. Misa Ilkhechi

Formic - Robots as a Service: Talk Shop With Kyle Featuring Misa Ilkhechi
Talk Shop is a series by Kyle Milan of MFG Tribe, having conversations with the movers and shakers of modern industrial manufacturing. This episode features Misa Ilkhechi of Formic, a provider of robotics as a service. Formic allows operations to lease robots and equipment with zero upfront costs and inclusive automation experience and support.

Quickly obtaining hands on deck has become a hassle with today's skilled labor shortage. Both the options of training a workforce and automating are cost and time intensive. While it may be a reasonable long-term goal, it’s not feasible in the short term. Formic bridges that gap; the whole automation package is a subscription service based on uptime, Robotics as a service (RaaS). By providing the machines and maintenance, Formic eliminates the headache of buying and setting automation.

Formic has been primarily working with small to medium-sized companies with an average of fewer than 100 employees, deploying all sorts of robots in all kinds of industries. Their subscription-based model provides a service to help manufacturers get what they need when they are still figuring out what some kind of automation options work best for them.

Formic provides consultation for what would work best for clients and flexible yearly contracts.

With no capital expenditure, no engineering staff, and no maintenance staff to hire, Formic takes care of all the work. By listening and carrying out the due diligence and research needed for clients, Formic hooks up clients with the best machines and equipment they need to automate their unique processes.

Formic has taken the idea of owning and operating a machine to the 21st century, similar to concepts such as ridesharing and AirBnB. Combined with years of expertise in robotics, automation, and manufacturing on the team, Formic delivers confidence to their clients and peace of mind in a partner they can trust. Showing off automation in the factory is a great way to connect with the next generation of onboarding manufacturers and exudes the fact that the company is invested in the future and a stable place to work. Automation is not about getting rid of people but helping them to become more productive than they were without it.

Education is also a core part of the Formic experience. When manufacturers enter the world of automation, they are unaware of what equipment to use or if it is feasible for a particular process. Formic walks their client through the process to help manufacturers better understand robotics and make better sense of automation.

Formic has been growing at an extraordinary pace and continually looks for opportunities to serve manufacturers all around the country. Being at the cutting edge of the industry and meeting the challenges of the future is part of its business model. Many of these challenges involve aligning a remote team to the same vision, message, and process. In addition, post-pandemic changes to the working environment have allowed people to work in different time zones and contribute to the team in ways they would not have been able to in an office setting.

If you want to learn more about the dynamic nature of Formic and what they offer in deployed RaaS systems, get in touch with them at https://formic.co/

#automation  #robotics #formic

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