Automation
The Future of Manufacturing Starts Today
Reduce Risk. Improve Productivity. Make Automation Work.
Take a structured approach to automation investments—and ensure they deliver
Many manufacturers are exploring automation—but aren’t sure where to start, what to prioritize, or why past investments haven’t delivered expected results. Without a clear plan, automation efforts can stall or fall short. WMEP partners with Wisconsin manufacturers to move from ideas to implementation—so technology investments deliver measurable results.
$314k
Average Revenue Growth and Retention Achieved by WMEP Operations Clients
Your Safety Net for Automation
Reduce risk, avoid costly missteps, and make sure your automation delivers real ROI
Automation decisions carry real risk—and real cost. Whether you’re just getting started or trying to fix an investment that hasn’t delivered, the challenge is knowing what will actually work for your operation.
WMEP works alongside your team to assess, prioritize, and plan automation that fits your business—helping ensure your investments are focused, practical, and deliver results.
Our Services
Automation Advisor
Assess opportunities, prioritize projects, and move forward with confidence
Automation Advisor helps manufacturers determine where automation fits—and where it doesn’t. Through a hands-on assessment, we evaluate your operation, identify pain points, and rank opportunities based on ROI and risk. The result is a clear action plan to guide next steps, prioritize investments, and move forward with automation that makes sense for your business.
Automation Navigator
Expert guidance from assessment through design
Automation Navigator provides a structured approach to automation, starting with assessing your operation and identifying the right opportunities based on ROI and risk. From there, it guides project planning and design—defining requirements, evaluating options, and preparing for implementation—so your investment is positioned to perform.
Case Studies Show Real Results
Automation Helps Reed Switch Developments Increase Capacity and Drive Sales Growth
Company Profile Reed Switch Developments Corp., based in Racine, Wisconsin, designs and manufactures magnetic reed switches and proximity sensor assemblies for a wide range of applications. Founded in 1967 and 100% woman-owned, Reed Switch is known for its expertise in custom, high-mix, low-volume production and serves customers globally. Situation Reed Switch was experiencing record sales…
Revitalizing Efficiency: Identifying Automation Solutions That Will Help Transform Badger Mining Corporation’s Production Landscape
Company Profile: Established in 1949, Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) operates three sand mines with two locations in Wisconsin. The company employs about 200 associates. Their sand products range from Foundry, which includes sand for 3D Printing, Oil & Gas, and other Industrial applications. Badger Mining Corporation is strongly committed to customer satisfaction and sustainable practices.…
How Team Industries Transformed Their Painting Facility with Innovative IT-OT Solutions
Company Profile: Founded in 1987, Team Industries, Inc. stands as a prominent pipe fabricator providing high quality pipe fabrication, code & non-code tanks and vessels, as well as a line of positioners and grippers. The company’s services include engineering, fabrication, painting, blasting, and advanced quality testing. Based in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the company is dedicated to…
Testimonials
The WMEP Automation Advisor Assessment helped BMC to look at operational pain points in a different way and open up to the possibilities that automation solutions can bring to address them. We are now using the results to develop short and long term plans for automation and associated capital spending.
Erica Grant
,VP of OperationsBadger Mining Corporation