Expenses in automation
The computers and the necessary softwares may be a one time investment and may become assets for a company that owns it. But there are various recurring expenses as well when we think about automation. The maintenance cost of these hardwares and softwares are recurring expenses.
We tie up with a technical team of a software company who had done the automation for us for annual maintenance of softwares. Also, we might have to constantly update the software versions as released by the software companies. And , we might also go for customization at regular periods.
For hardwares such as desktops, servers, printers, and other physical component of automation, we have hardware service providers who take care of the maintenance of these items on a regular basis. The other expenses that is recurring when we think about automation is the printer ink. Different printers use different printing technologies. One might use a cartridge, then the other might use ribbon and so on. Selecting a printer would depend upon the volume of printing jobs.
But when we compare it to the benefit of replacing massive manual job that the whole automation has facilitated, then these expenses are only meager and quite reasonable too.
