Posts tagged automation

Digital transformation of business is no more a cliché or a feel-good phenomenon. This is a reality and today the digital technologies are revolutionizing the entire landscape of business. This …

Despite the majority of Brits (75%) opting for humans to be MP’s, 25% would fascinatingly elect robots instead to be in this position of power.

Are technology laggards stifling UK businesses’ competitive position?

Software and services revenue to rise fourfold by 2022.

A report released by Workfront, provider of enterprise work management solutions, found that workers are largely optimistic about the impact automation will have in the workplace.

Managing Director of Neutronic Technologies, Neil Gallant, tells MARGINALIA about the latest robotic practices and research, and his future of work expectations considering the potential of automation.   

The days of labour intensive industrial food preparation could be numbered with the launch of a new project focused on robotics in food manufacturing. OAL (Olympus Automation Ltd.) and the University of Lincoln, UK, have been awarded £448,850 to develop innovative APRIL robotics material handling systems for food manufacturers.

Product recalls can have a catastrophic impact on a food manufacturer’s brand and business but existing systems often rely on people that are prone to errors. A new white paper from OAL explains the top five errors and how food manufacturers can “Protect their brands from product recalls with automation.”

Authors Malcolm Frank, Benjamin Pring, and Paul Roehrig, provide a pragmatic approach for workers and business leaders in managing the change, opportunity and risk of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in businesses across every industry.

As technology improves and as prices fall, professional service robots are increasingly doing jobs formerly handled by human workers. Revenue from professional service robots reached $2.6 billion, with around 20,000 units shipped in 2015, according to a new report from IHS Markit.

Ninety-five per cent of organisations are still using paper and manual data entry in their finance function, with only 5% describing their accounts payable (AP) processes as ‘fully automated’, according to a new survey by business automation software provider V1.