Automation is the next-and-new step to workforce retention.

It has been strategically proven that automation does not cause layoffs. Instead, it can position a manufacturing company like yours to perform more safely, and competitively. 

Automation can be an effective way to raise your safety standards and free your most valued craftsmen to service higher margin production. So when does automation make sense? Ron Martin of Stainless Automation told us that he approaches this question by saying, " First, don't fix what isn't broken! But, if your company has ongoing safety issues, or if your best employees is always tied down to operating your most dangerous process then it's time to investigate automation."

Here's a quick litmus test Martin shared.

1. You accept that all processes are subordinate to innovation which means that you must be in a state of continuous evolution in order to compete.
2. You realize that many of your most skilled employees are often consumed with the operation of risky equipment. You recognize it takes more skill to operate a manually challenging processes and for a number of reasons that are not mentioned here it requires your best craftsmen to do it.

If you answered "yes" to both of these questions then you have probably arrived at the point when automation could make sense.

Ron Martin is the General Manager of Stainless Automation. a job shop, located in Cleveland, OH. This company specializes in solving dangerous and difficult manufacturing processes by automating out the danger in the process. Stainless Automation is skilled at automating the assembly of difficult-to-orient parts and pieces.

Stainless Automation is called upon by companies such as Dupont, McDonald's, Eli Lily to bring safety and profit to their manufacturing centers.

by Mary Kaye Denning
 

Source: http://www.stainlessautomation.com

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