What Is Automation?

Few Definition of Automation

1)     “the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically.”

    2 ) the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility.

3)    the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility.

4)     When most or all of the machines/processes run with little or no human control; to perform work without the aid of people.

5)    To carry out a repeated set of processes which replaces manual work done to IT systems

6)    Automation  is the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes in factories, boilers and heat treating ovens, switching in telephone networks, steering and stabilization of ships, aircraft and other applications with minimal or reduced human intervention.

7)    Advantages commonly attributed to automation include higher production rates and increased productivity, more efficient use of materials, better product quality, improved safety, shorter workweeks for labour, and reduced factory lead times.

8)    Automation or automatic control is the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes in factories, boilers and heat treating ovens, switching on telephone networks, steering and stabilization of ships, aircraft and other applications and vehicles with minimal or reduced human ...

9)    Advantages commonly attributed to automation include higher production rates and increased productivity, more efficient use of materials, better product quality, improved safety, shorter workweeks for labour, and reduced factory lead times.

10) Automation enables firms to produce goods for lower costs. Automation leads to significant economies of scale – important in industries which require high capital investment.