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J P Engineering Services Ltd, Joe Summers

Designing Out Post-Cure Warp in SLA Parts

SLA parts were perfectly flat in their green state. A custom high-precision enclosure, a critical card case slot, pin holes that must align perfectly, and a post-cure cycle that pulls the whole print ...

3D Printing Process Optimisation Prototyping & R&D

15 Sept 2026

J P Engineering Services Ltd, Ross Parker

Most Automation Business Cases Have No Baseline

A works manager asks us to look at a manual line. More often than not, a spreadsheet arrives before we do. It holds an operator count, an hourly rate, a capital figure somebody typed into the middle c...

Industrial Automation Process Optimisation

21 Aug 2026

J P Engineering Services Ltd, Ross Parker

A Dashboard is Not a Decision: Designing Out The Need for Detection

There’s a failure mode in automation that almost nobody markets against, because it doesn’t look like a failure. The sensors work. The software works. The dashboard lights up exactly when it should. Y...

3D Printing Process Optimisation Prototyping & R&D Reliability Engineering

20 Jul 2026

J P Engineering Services Ltd, Joe Summers

What Is a Modern MES and How Does It Drive Digital Transformation?

Are manual tracking, production delays, and a lack of real-time data hurting your bottom line? You are not alone. In today's competitive industrial environment, optimising every aspect of the manufact...

Digital Transformation Process Optimisation

18 Nov 2025

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What is one manual line really costing you?

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COST OF DOING NOTHING £6.98m / 5yr

RETURN ON INVESTMENT 550% / 5yr

PAYBACK PERIOD 9 months

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What is one manual line really costing you?

What is one manual line really costing you?