Kuka / FlexFactory
Joint pay-on-production models
Kuka Systems and FlexFactory have launched a strategic cooperation to jointly offer pay-on-production. The aim of the cooperation is to offer customers adaptable production capacities that are booked as a service.
With the operator model or pay-on-production, the customer does not buy a production system, but only purchases the parts produced. They pay a predefined price per product. In this way, the capital tied up by both partners in machines and systems is reimbursed through the service provided. Pay-on-production is a concept developed in the automotive industry. With 'Kuka Toledo Production Operations', which has been producing bodyshells according to this model since 2006, Kuka has been able to gather many years of experience in this area.
"With Kuka, we have a very experienced partner at our side, whose expertise in automation technology and real-world pay-on-production models will enable us to successfully implement and scale the 'production as a service' business model," says Dr. Phillipp Hypko, Managing Director of FlexFactory.
Kuka is a provider of engineering services and a manufacturer of flexible, robot-based production systems and manufacturing solutions. FlexFactory, a joint venture between MHP, Munich Re and Porsche, acts as a business enabler
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