Employee cost is on the rise over the last 70 years. Employers must take a stance on automation as a positive not a negative and realize that protecting their aging work force is holding them back from profitability. There are multiple definitions of automation from buying a punch press to a fully automatized system that loads, unloads, and sorts your finished parts. The tribal knowledge and experience gained by the long tenured employees is lost when they do not have the opportunity to pass on their trade. This presentation will focus on two things; (1) the pros and cons of adding automation to your fabrication processing needs and the negative connotations that have plagued manufacturers for the last 50 years (2) how to extract vital experience from your key employees so their trade is not lost as you move into the 21st century with the addition of automation.
Jeff Tyl - Murata Machinery USA – Muratec
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