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Tag: Automation

Guest Posts, Vendors and Manufacturers

Automation Increases Productivity and Safety

Frank Jul 16, 2020 Tagged with Advantages of Automation, Automation, Numina, WCS

Today’s post is a guest post from The Numina Group, a Warehouse Automation and Software Solutions provider. This is an infographic they provided that shows some of the benefits automation can provide: Numina provides a variety of warehouse automation products …

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The Evolution of Robotics and Automation: Where can it Go?

Frank Jan 9, 2020 Tagged with Automation, Robot

This is a guest post from Cimtec Automation, a provider of automation solutions.. ******************* It’s safe to say we wouldn’t be able to enjoy many of our modern conveniences without automation. Thanks to advancements in robotic technology, many industrial processes …

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Ethics, Thoughts

Ethics of Automation

Frank Jun 5, 2016 Tagged with Automation, ethics, home automation, Internet of Things, IoT, X-10

Today’s post is inspired by some of the comments I have received on a previous post from a couple of years ago on the advantages and disadvantages of automation. In that post (and in my book), I listed some of …

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Automation Concepts, Ethics, The Book

Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation

Frank Feb 16, 2014 Tagged with Advantages of Automation, Automation, Disadvantages of Automation, Industrial Automation Hands On

Is automation “good” or “bad”? There are arguments on both sides of this issue. On one hand the cost of production on a per item basis is generally lower, on the other hand it is often said that automation takes …

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Consulting, Travel, Website

Hey India!

Frank Jan 12, 2014 Tagged with Automation, Canada, China, India, Industrial Automation Hands On, Japan, Malaysia, trade shows, travel

Yesterday I received an invitation to attend the International Automation Exhibition 2014 to be held in Mumbai, India next October. Now as many who have read this blog know, I love to travel, especially to other countries. This May I …

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Automation Concepts

The “Other” Automation…

Frank Jan 14, 2013 Tagged with Automation, home automation, office automation, X-10

This weekend my wife and I had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe here in Nashville. If you haven’t been there, it is a theme restaurant where you are seated in a jungle setting and served by a “Safari Guide”, i.e. …

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Consulting, Machine Builders and Integrators, Website

Automation Consulting

Frank Dec 4, 2011 Tagged with Automation, consulting, education

Only two weeks left at my current employer. I have learned a lot there, and if I had to work for someone else there is nowhere better in my opinion. At the same time I have really missed having full …

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