Automation is the use of machines, technology and systems to be able to increase production or productivity of goods.
Automation is incredibly useful in the current working world. It reduces labor, both mental and physical along with managerial stress levels because they don't have to worry about their employees safety all the time. Instead, they only have to worry about if parts break and where they can get replacements. Before automation was commonplace in the workforce, all work was done by hand and it involved quite a bit of work. every single item had to be made by hand. However, there were pseudo-automated "machines" that already existed, kinda. An example would be the assembly line, like in the old ford factories where the body of the car would move on a conveyor belt and at each step, a worker would place a part on the yet-to-be constructed car. Eventually this process would be fully automated like how it is today. But back in those days most processes were done by hand and had very few machines involved.
All of this started in the 1800s, when the demand for products was increasing, many manufacturing companies started to look at the possibility of automated machinery to increase productivity and the quality of their goods. Automation was first widely used in the beginnings of the industrial revolution. This was the beginning of the industrial era. Today, automation plays a huge part in our daily lives as most of the things we use are made in factories that have automated machinery
An example of an object that we use today that is automated would be a car. Before cars, people got around on foot, by bike then horses and carriages and by train. But with the invention of the car or "horse-less carriage" people could get around faster than on a horse and they wouldn't need a station to stop at like with a train and cars were certainly faster than a person walking or running.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation
advantages
Increasing overall productivity (they can make many more of the same thing in a much sorter time span)
Greatly reduced costs for production and employee salary (fewer humans and more machines means more money spent on better machines and not employee salaries)
Greater quality
More control over the production of the product
A much more streamlined manufacturing process
disadvantages
job cuts (fewer humans needed = less jobs)
Hugely increased energy requirements to run all the machines
A lot more pollution and quicker consumption of fossil fuels (machines need energy and gas can generate energy)
High acquisition costs
Though there are advantages and disadvantages to having automation and automated systems and processes, we heavily rely on them to keep the working world in balance because they are the only things that can keep up with the constant increases in consumer products.
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Automation is the use of machines, technology and systems to be able to increase production or productivity of goods.
Automation is incredibly useful in the current working world. It reduces labor, both mental and physical along with managerial stress levels because they don't have to worry about their employees safety all the time. Instead, they only have to worry about if parts break and where they can get replacements. Before automation was commonplace in the workforce, all work was done by hand and it involved quite a bit of work. every single item had to be made by hand. However, there were pseudo-automated "machines" that already existed, kinda. An example would be the assembly line, like in the old ford factories where the body of the car would move on a conveyor belt and at each step, a worker would place a part on the yet-to-be constructed car. Eventually this process would be fully automated like how it is today. But back in those days most processes were done by hand and had very few machines involved.
All of this started in the 1800s, when the demand for products was increasing, many manufacturing companies started to look at the possibility of automated machinery to increase productivity and the quality of their goods. Automation was first widely used in the beginnings of the industrial revolution. This was the beginning of the industrial era. Today, automation plays a huge part in our daily lives as most of the things we use are made in factories that have automated machinery
An example of an object that we use today that is automated would be a car. Before cars, people got around on foot, by bike then horses and carriages and by train. But with the invention of the car or "horse-less carriage" people could get around faster than on a horse and they wouldn't need a station to stop at like with a train and cars were certainly faster than a person walking or running.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation
advantages
disadvantages
Though there are advantages and disadvantages to having automation and automated systems and processes, we heavily rely on them to keep the working world in balance because they are the only things that can keep up with the constant increases in consumer products.