Manufacturing companies seem to be the most that demand the use of automation tools as it greatly increases their productivity without having to hire more man power. This helps them to reduce over all costs but it also increases their flexibility in the manufacturing process allowing them to make more products, cheaper and faster.
In the past automation was not as popular as many companies felt that they had to focus on keeping man power around to perform the maintenance and repairs on the automation machinery. Many times the cost of getting something automated was out of the question and it was much cheaper to keep the man power to do the work.
Today it is more cost effective to go through automation and in some cases it is actually more accurate then having something done by man power. For example car companies used to have people put in the pistons in cars and trucks but today this job is being done by machines as the rate of error is 0.00001% where as when it was being installed by people the rate of error was around 1-1.5%. Some of the companies to jump on the band wagon for automation were oil refining, metal working and all types of manufactures that were handling industrial chemicals.
One of the other major factors in a manufacture choosing to automate their production line is the ease and simplicity of switching from one product to another in as little time as possible. They want to be able to go from product one to product two without having to completely switch their production line. This allows them to save both time and money. In cases as these it was more cost effective to go with animating systems then to keep the man power.
There are many jobs that automation can play a big part in. If you take a look around you, you will see that more and more companies as well as peoples homes are being automated ,making life just a bit more easier. It can help free up your time and allow you to do other things that you didn't have the time for before.
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