Machine Builder (OEM) Solutions
Cooperative Business Partnerships
You are required to define value beyond cost by building your machines with different levels of automation and complexity, as well as different support, cost and compliance requirements. To succeed in this challenging business environment, you need an automation supplier who can offer you a full range of solutions on a scalable basis, as well as a supplier who delivers the right balance of products, expertise and global aftermarket support.
Industry-Focused OEM Team
Your reputation rests on building machines that meet your customer's specific performance and reliability demands. You are also working to differentiate your machines in a competitive global environment. When you work with Rockwell Automation, you gain the expertise of an industry-focused OEM team dedicated to solving your automation needs.
Our OEM team includes technical consultants, engineers and project managers from the industries they serve. They understand the key business issues you face as only insiders can. They can work with you to drive out costs and help increase business efficiencies through our Total Value Assessment methodology. They are also an important link to our end user community, bringing together the needs of both the OEM and end user to develop win-win solutions. Our team of experts can offer you solutions in areas of packaging, converting, print, material handling, assembly, alternative energy, processing equipment and many others. These solutions cross a wide range of industries including food and beverage, life sciences, household, personal care and chemicals, automotive, print, semiconductor, oil and gas, water wastewater, and textiles.
OEM Competency Centers
To help you optimize your machine development process, Rockwell Automation has established OEM Competency Centers that are fully equipped with electrical and mechanical systems to allow solutions to be built for all the most common configurations. OEMs use these facilities not only for proof-of-concept purposes, but also to encourage dialogue with technical experts in order to find the best solutions to customer problems. This enables engineers to experiment and test the interaction between all aspects of machine control in a realistic environment.
Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program
Customers demand integrated solutions delivered consistently in any region, and they expect companies with proven best-in-class capabilities to collaborate to deliver these solutions. Our PartnerNetwork™ Program offers OEMs who are standardizing on Rockwell Automation solutions the ability to collaborate and leverage our joint market position to increase new business opportunities, increase market awareness, and expand into new market sectors.
Global Services and Support
With more than 450 sales and support locations in 80 different countries, the supply and support network of Rockwell Automation is unparalleled in scope. Whether you are looking to sell a machine locally or globally, we can provide your customers with services to keep their business going strong.
Key OEM Services
- Single number for parts — you need only call one number to get parts virtually anywhere in the world.
- Regional Parts Management Agreements — we pool your spare parts inventory with other customers to cost effectively enable quick global parts access. We can also set up a mobile parts hub at your customer's site for a large project.
- Field Service options for startup support, warranty, emergency, preventive maintenance, panel design and fabrication, remote monitoring, training, audits and assessment services or practically any other support need By partnering with Rockwell Automation you are able to extend your service offerings to your customers by leveraging our global infrastructure.
Encompass Program
To be the best in your industry, you need to align yourself with companies that are the best in their industries. Through the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program, Encompass™ Product Partners provide complementary products to best solve your application challenges. These products are critical components or connectivity solutions that extend and enhance Rockwell Automation installations. With more than 100 manufacturers worldwide in the program, you have access to hundreds of products with proven interoperability to help achieve the best fit for your machine application needs.