announcing justmanufacture.com

On-demand fabrication services that save you time and deliver straight to your doorstep.

by dhanush baktha, the founder

The Age of Abundance

Picture a not-so-distant future where the question of "having enough" simply ceases to exist. Basic needs—housing, food, healthcare—are all readily available, thanks to exponential advancements in robotics, AI, and decentralized supply chains. Freed from the grind of scarcity, individuals can focus on what truly matters: innovation, exploration, and building the next frontier.

At JustManufacture.com, we see ourselves as a building block of that future. We're architecting a next-generation platform—akin to "AWS for Manufacturing"—that accelerates humanity toward an era of abundance. The barriers to making physical goods should be as low as spinning up a new server in the cloud.

Kick-starting the Next Generation of Factories

We're designing smaller, faster, and more flexible facilities that specialize in high-mix, mid-volume manufacturing, delivering a significant leap in efficiency.

Our goal? To give businesses - regardless of size - a rapid, cost-effective way to turn concepts into tangible products.

Here's how we get there:

1. Now: Network of Software Enhanced Factories (Temporary)

Our first step is to build a network of on-demand factories, all coordinated by AI-driven software. This system manages everything from procurement to production planning, enabling instant quotes, real-time DFM feedback, and accurate lead times.

Just this first step, we're delivering a major upgrade in customer experience. It also allows us to handle more orders with less human intervention, helping us establish a consistent revenue stream.

The software (SW) we build during this phase will also be used as an interface for our robotic factories from step 2.

2. By End of 2025: Labor-Intensive Tasks Performed by Robots In-House

We are building a concept factory that will also serve as a testbed for production, where robotics will automate 8–10 critical tasks in CNC and sheet metal fabrication. These sub-modules are designed to demonstrate that highly specialized, flexible automation can enable scalable, high-mix manufacturing.

This means a portion of manufacturing will take place in-house, complementing the bulk of production that continues in our partner factories. By leveraging data from across the network, we continuously refine these automated tasks, making the entire production pipeline more efficient, adaptive, and cost-effective.

3. From Early 2026: Productized Robotic Factories

We'll introduce productized robotic factories: fully automated, modular systems designed for rapid deployment anywhere. Each factory consists of container-sized modules for major production stages - like fabrication and assembly - and sub-modules for specific tasks, such as laser cutting or polishing. This ensures quick setup and scalability globally.

Future Factory Concept

Future Factory Concept

What This Could Look Like in Practice?

Once systems are fully implemented, we are thinking multi-fold improvements in the following areas:

  • Up to 85% Reduction in Labor Costs
  • 1.5x–2.5x Increase in Throughput per Shift
  • 24/7 Operations
  • Lower Costs Passed On to Customers
  • Rapid Quoting & Faster Turnaround

Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS)

Not every company wants the burden of managing an entire factory. That's where our MaaS model comes in. We handle the full stack—from raw material sourcing to finished product delivery—while you focus on design, marketing, and scaling your business. Powered by both our network factories and our robotic in-house capabilities, MaaS unlocks near-infinite parallel capacity: if one factory reaches its limit, another seamlessly picks up the slack.

China's Strategy: A Lesson in Vision

A decade ago, China began an aggressive push into robotics—despite having relatively cheap labor. That move looked counterintuitive at first, but fast-forward to now: you can buy a 12kg payload, 1.4-meter reach robot from China for around $3,600, which is roughly a single factory worker's annual salary in India. These robots last about half as long as premium models, but at a fraction of the cost. The payoff? China now operates 1.75 million industrial robots, over half of the global total. By contrast, the U.S. has ~350,000, and India just 40,000.

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The speed of robot adoption in China vs other countries

China's approach underscores a universal truth: the future belongs to those who invest in automation and AI at scale. As the U.S. grapples with high costs and India lags behind in robotics adoption, China's model serves as both inspiration and warning: invest heavily in advanced manufacturing capabilities—or risk being left behind.

Building Towards the Future

JustManufacture is more than a fabrication service. It's part of a broader move toward an on-demand, automated world—one in which tools of production are as accessible as your smartphone. In a future defined by abundance, the barriers to making physical goods should be as low as spinning up a new server in the cloud.

By harnessing Robotics, AI, and an ever-growing global network of factories, we aim to do for manufacturing what the internet did for information: make it universally accessible and affordable. Let's build the future together—one autonomous factory at a time.

Companies start in garages all the time. We are in that stage today. Come say hi at our "garage" in Coimbatore. We are enabling the human race to reach the age of abundance.

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