The 6 Catastrophic Mistakes That Destroy 88% of Automation Projects — Fast Automation
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The 6 Catastrophic Mistakes That Destroy 88% of Automation & Robotics Projects

(And How Industrial Leaders Are Beating the Odds)

Your robot cell will fail 12% of the time. Every 87 minutes, production stops. Equipment failure costs up to $260,000 per failure.

Report preview — The Shocking Truth About Your Next Automation Project
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Format PDF · 15 pages
Reading Time 10 minutes
Published 2026 Edition
Author David Askew
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Inside This Report
  • Why 30 to 50% of automation projects fail entirely, and the 6 mistakes behind every one of them
  • The 3x to 5x rule for budgeting the real cost of automation (not just the robot price tag)
  • How Boeing and Adidas burned tens of millions, and the lesson for your operation
  • The V-Model methodology Fast Automation uses on 1,900+ delivered projects across pharma, food, logistics and materials handling
  • The hidden lifecycle costs that turn successful automations into liabilities within 3 years
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Authored by David Askew CEO, Fast Automation · 27 years of automation project analysis