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Re: Why is the Automation market declining?
Sep 12, 2000 11:58 am, by Ralph Kitts
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you wrote:
> Most new IA technology has simply allowed us to do what we have already been doing cheaper and easier than ever before.
I have to disagree pretty strongly with that statement: not only are companies able to produce MORE than we used to, we are also able to do it with fewer personnel, which suggests a more dramatic improvement in throughput than might be obvious.
Yes, we are able to do things cheaper and easier, but I have yet to hear of a company who isn't able to produce more now, with fewer workers, than they used to. Now, I will agree that a SINGLE automation project is unlikely to produce anything close to a 10% increase, but I think Jim's thought may have been more toward the larger picture: the effect of Industrial Automation in general.
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