# Start with Standard

> Start with Standard is PITCO Engineering's automation-readiness program for small and mid-sized manufacturers. PITCO has spent ten years building automation for some of the largest manufacturers in the industry; Start with Standard applies that standardization experience to smaller plants — giving them the plan, the standards, and the internal team ownership a project needs before the first panel is wired. Most plants begin with a no-obligation assessment.

## Main Pages
- [Homepage](https://sws.pitcoengineering.com/): The single landing page — the readiness gap, the program, the benefits of standardizing, how it works, who it's for, proof, FAQ, and the assessment request form.
- [Full Content](https://sws.pitcoengineering.com/llms-full.txt): The complete page content in a single markdown file.

## Key Facts
- Program: Start with Standard — an automation-readiness program for small and mid-sized manufacturers
- Provider: PITCO Engineering, a ten-year-old automation engineering firm
- Audience: small and mid-sized manufacturers — plant owners, plant managers, engineering and maintenance leads
- What it delivers: a clear plan, a set of standards a plant's team can build on, and internal project ownership
- The sequence: 01 a no-obligation assessment; 02 and 03 are hands-on workshops where PITCO teaches your team to do the standardization itself; 04 is an optional done-for-you rollout where you adopt PITCO's already-validated standard (a full rollout typically takes five to seven months)
- Benefits of standardizing: shorter RFQ and procurement cycles, better price control, leaner spare-part inventory, and cross-trained operators and maintenance staff
- Entry point: a focused, no-obligation assessment of automation readiness
- Proof points: a decade of automation engineering for major manufacturers and integrators; on one standardized project, electrical design engineering dropped from 22,000 hours to 800; PITCO Engineering has done standardization work for companies including Tesla, Volkswagen, and Blue Origin
- Industry context: roughly 80% of first-time automation projects fail — most often because the plant was not ready, not because of the technology
- Related: getaeos.io (AEOS, the PITCO automation platform)