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      The Automation Trap: Why Most Cannabis Operators Automate at the Wrong Time

      The Automation Trap: Why Most Cannabis Operators Automate at the Wrong Time

      Every cannabis operator faces the automation question; usually pitched by a vendor at the worst possible time. Automate too early and you burn capital. Too late and margin compression eats you alive. Drawing on five plus years inside cannabis production, Andrew Wells walks operators through a practical framework: Is your process stable enough to automate? Is the labor math real? What breaks at 2x volume? Built for operators in emerging markets who want to skip mistakes others already paid for.


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      Andrew Wells

      The Automation Trap: Why Most Cannabis Operators Automate at the Wrong Time
      Andrew Wells has spent over five years helping cannabis operators build production systems that scale. As Founder of Cannabis Strategy Advisors (CSA), he guides operators in emerging markets on when to automate and how to design production processes that don’t break under growth. Before CSA, he led at a Y-Combinator-backed robotics startup serving the cannabis industry. He completed HBS’s Strategic CFO program and is enrolled in its Program for Leadership Development.