Full Service Automation is Formic’s all-inclusive way to bring high-impact automation into your production facility quickly, risk-free, and without upfront capital. Here’s how we’ll do it together in 4 simple steps:
We start with a conversation to understand your production goals and challenges. A Formic solutions expert will review your current end-of-line palletizing or packaging process and help identify where automation can have the biggest impact. All you need to do is share your priorities and pain points. By the end of this step, you’ll have a clear picture of the opportunities in your facility and how automation can help.
Next, we gather detailed information about your operation — product dimensions, weights, line speeds, stacking requirements, and facility layout. Using that data, our engineering team designs a tailored automation solution that fits your space and meets your throughput requirements. You’ll see a proposed system specification, including expected performance and safety features, so you know exactly what’s coming.
With the technical design in place, we deliver a complete project scope: equipment layout, performance guarantees, and service details. Then we propose a fixed monthly rate that covers everything: equipment, installation, software, maintenance, and ongoing support. You choose the contract term that fits your needs. To help you visualize the system in your own facility, we can even provide an augmented reality walkthrough before anything is installed.
The final step is to formalize the agreement and get your system up and running. We’ll finalize legal, technical, and service terms, including the Service Level Agreement (SLA) that contracts uptime and performance. Our team handles installation, trains your staff, and stays with you until the system is producing as promised. Only after the equipment is live and meeting performance targets do your monthly payments begin, ensuring you pay nothing until it’s delivering value on your floor.
“Having a partner like Formic that handles installation, maintenance, and equipment swapping allows us to stay focused on what we do best: Making great snacks. It also reduces the risk and guesswork that can come with large-scale automation projects.” -Wyandot Snacks
“It’s a low-hanging fruit that we can address with no capital. It’s almost a no-brainer. You add to that the labor savings we get, and that’s basically the cherry on top.” -Land O’Frost
“With Formic, the cost to entry is low and the risk is low. I’m not expending all that capital up front to force myself to make it work; that’s their job.” -Boxed Water Is Better
Formic robots have already logged 400,000+ hours and packed over 1.2 billion products. See how Full Service Automation can solve your labor and throughput challenges: request your quote today.
