Automation offers numerous advantages. Most importantly, it helps eliminate human error, achieving high accuracy and consistency. Explaining this with an example, Ganesha Prabhu, General Manager-Factory Automation, Pepperl+Fuchs (India) Pvt Ltd said, "Some simple examples of automation in our day to day life are ATMs, cash counting machines, etc." If this work is to be carried out manually, it may not achieve the same accuracy each time.

Man vs automation

In the industrial world, accuracy and repeatability are the key
areas where a humans can make an error resulting into lower productivity. Elaborating on the same, Mahesh J. Bhangale, General Manager - Manufacturing, Racold Thermo said, "In manual process, precision and accuracy depends on operators' skill that varies from operator to operator. Many times accuracy and precision cannot be achieved consistently due to operator's fatigue. Automation gives consistent output that attains unmatched accuracy & precision." Extending
the thought further with an example, he said, "We use welding robots and SPMs to achieve these factors. This has reduced the welding rework drastically as well as helped us improve the productivity by five times."

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