With the robotics market accelerating at a tremendous rate, many companies such as warehouses, logistic centres, 3PLs, e-commerce facilities, and the like find themselves expanding and diversifying their robotic fleets. It, therefore, is no surprise that many robotic enthusiasts struggle to decide whether they should build a fleet management system (FMS) on their own, or buy one from a third-party provider. 
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To make this decision a little easier, Meili Robots's latest industry report “Buy vs Build: Deciding whether to buy or build a fleet management system” dives into the pros and cons of buying an existing FMS for mobile robots from a third-party provider as well as building your own one from scratch including a discussion about data monitoring, connectivity, and insight into today's market.

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Highlights of the Report

• The global annual instalments of industrial robots have gone through the roof between 2009 and 2017. As a result, the robot density — the ratio between industrial robots and employees — in 2019 was higher than it ever had been before. 
• Thanks to the robotics market growth as well as future growth estimates, a robotics investment landscape has shaped, with impressive investment initiatives and programmes throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia.
• The report shows that each consideration for building or buying an FMS highly depends on the unique requirements of your organization. This includes your type of operational processes, whether or not you are planning to scale your business in the future, your available resources in terms of time, the number of employees and their expertise, and so forth.
• Setting up a cloud-based backend is a complex yet essential part of any business in the robotics world. Especially if you are planning to build your own FMS, you will need a well-thought-out plan for your data pipelines and cloud architecture. In the report, Meili Robots discusses a number of additional considerations for developing a cloud-based backend. 

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7 Key Considerations

The main focus of the report is to explore the pros and cons of buying or building an FMS in order to answer the following question:

“Should robot developers buy an existing fleet management system or build their own?”

The analysis has been carried out based on the following considerations:

1. Implementation Speed
2. Implementation Costs
3. Maintenance Costs
4. Compatibility
5. Functionality
6. Scalability
7. System Security

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Key Topics Covered

1. A brief overview of the robotics market in 2021, including growth estimates, robot density, and the robotics investment landscape.
2. The 7 key considerations for buying or building an FMS. 
3. The importance of a well-established cloud-based backend with a focus on connectivity and data monitoring.
4. A discussion about why building from scratch perhaps is not always the best solution. 

If you are interested to know more, please download the full report for free at Meili Robots.

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About Meili Robots

Meili Robots is developing the next generation of mobile robots fleet management, called Meili FMS. A universal digital solution, an all-in-one platform that is capable of handling different kinds of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). Enable traffic control, empower interoperability and facilitate automated task allocation — all via intuitive UI. Check our website meilirobots.com/product to learn about our products.

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Contact Information

meilirobots.com 

Aldus von der Burg

CEO & Founder

aldus@meilirobots.com

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Answers to Kiuas’s Spicy Questions

Who or what inspired you to be an entrepreneur?‍

Taking the challenge of starting my own company. I see a lot of established companies move really slow and innovate too late. I wanted to be ahead of that and have a team that pushes the limits.

If you would get 10 billion euros right now, what would you do?

If I received the cash personally? Retire and invest in myself and other companies. If received into the company, perform aggressive mergers and acquisitions.

Who is your favorite superhero?‍

None, prefer supervillains. They have cooler toys.

If you could change just one thing in the world, what would it be?‍

Lower the average global temperature. Winter is my favourite season, I don’t like heat. Oh, and to save the planet.

Main course at dinner, choose: a) Monkey brains with devils sauce and baby vegetables, b) lab grown steak from human cells and béarnaise with crispy fries, c) Organically grown Nepenthes Truncata salad, including tomatoes, sweet blue peppers and glowing mushrooms with a small chance to kill you instantly.

C. An old gipsy woman told me how I would die, and that’s not it.