Automation

• Repetitive tasks in mechanised assembly lines are now frequently carried out by robots, relieving human operators of these monotonous and often tedious tasks. This has been enabled by the development of computers and processors to control the robots and mechanised areas of factories
• Automated systems poduce products of a consistent high quality at a low product cost because of the numbers of products they can produce quickly. However, they are very expensive to set up, they require a specialist workforce to make sure that people get the products they want, in the correct numbers and when they want them