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Warehouse Robotics-as-a-Service

For: E-commerce businesses running 10K-50K sq ft warehouses

Buildability

Only 2% of warehouses use robotics today, but manual warehouse operations are slow, expensive, and error-prone

Productized version of Amazon's warehouse robotics available as lease/service for smaller warehouses

Robotics costs decreasing, labor costs increasing, Amazon has proven the ROI at scale

Day 1

Partner with existing robotics manufacturer

Day 2

Design turnkey implementation for one warehouse type

Day 3

Pilot with 2-3 warehouses

Day 4

Measure efficiency improvements

Day 5

Create standardized ROI calculator

Survey mid-size warehouse operators about pain points

Calculate potential ROI using Amazon's published efficiency numbers

Partner for pilot with willing warehouse operator

Measure before/after productivity metrics

Equipment lease + monthly service fee, or revenue sharing based on efficiency improvements

Integration expertise and optimization algorithms for different warehouse layouts

High upfront capital requirementsComplex custom integration for each warehouseCompetition from Amazon entering this market directly