20% increase in productivity

WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL NEWSPAPERS, YOU WILL SEE ARTICLES ON AUTOMATION USING AI AND ROBOTS. IN MOST OF THESE ARTICLES, "INVESTMENT COST IS ¥0" OR "PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY 0%" IS WRITTEN.

Suppose "20% productivity improvement with 20 million investment.

IF THE OPERATING COST IS ZERO, THE PRODUCTION COST THAT USED TO COST X YEN PER YEAR WILL BE REDUCED BY ONLY 0.2X YEN; IF IT USED TO COST 10 MILLION YEN/YEAR, IT WILL ONLY BE REDUCED BY 2 MILLION YEN/YEAR, AND IT WILL TAKE 10 YEARS TO RECOVER THE INVESTMENT.

In reality, there is no such thing as zero operating costs; a 20% increase in productivity at a 20% operating cost would result in an annual production cost of ±0, and the initial investment would have no return on investment at all.

Especially for visual inspections, the production cost is often at the level of "2 workers for 4 million/year" to begin with, and it is impossible to recover the investment even if productivity is improved by about 20%. It is a pity to see the article.

In order to achieve a win-win situation for both the seller and the buyer, taking into account risks and operating costs, it is necessary to imagine a situation where "4 million/year with 4 workers" is equivalent to "300% improvement = 1 worker,
In order to achieve a win-win situation for both seller and buyer, it is necessary to imagine a situation where "4 million yen/year with 4 workers" is reduced to "300% improvement = 1 worker".