When the people who made a weld repeatable retire, moving the repetitive assemblies to a partner running robotic welding cells restores uniform weld profiles and consistent penetration faster than a hiring plan that is not going to land. The plant moved its three highest-volume frames to an outside shop running automated cells and kept the low-volume custom work and anything needing a one-off fixture in house for its own welders. Nine months in, that plant was running roughly 400 frames a month again with two welders on the floor instead of four.