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UPS to become the Sears & Robuck Of shipping??
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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 5122680" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>It’s slowly, VERY slowly, changing but not on track to replace a substantial amount of people. Which was my point. </p><p></p><p>I’ve worked in lots of manufacturing jobs that has robotics. None of them were reliable enough to warrant adding more. And still aren’t and it’s been as long as twenty years since I worked in one that had them. They break down too much and end up costing too much production time and maintenance people are is often not available for other tasks because most plants won’t have a dedicated robotics expert for that amount of robots. </p><p></p><p>There are plenty of reliable robotic systems out there. Just not on a scale that warrants any panic. And their effect on manning is often comparable to what’s happened in some retail stores that have self check out lanes. Less check out people but, numerically, those stores often have the same amount of employees because now they’re accommodating curbside pickup or in store pickups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 5122680, member: 198"] It’s slowly, VERY slowly, changing but not on track to replace a substantial amount of people. Which was my point. I’ve worked in lots of manufacturing jobs that has robotics. None of them were reliable enough to warrant adding more. And still aren’t and it’s been as long as twenty years since I worked in one that had them. They break down too much and end up costing too much production time and maintenance people are is often not available for other tasks because most plants won’t have a dedicated robotics expert for that amount of robots. There are plenty of reliable robotic systems out there. Just not on a scale that warrants any panic. And their effect on manning is often comparable to what’s happened in some retail stores that have self check out lanes. Less check out people but, numerically, those stores often have the same amount of employees because now they’re accommodating curbside pickup or in store pickups. [/QUOTE]
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