Social Impact of Automation of Factories
There shall be a social consequence of the future automated factory, with its decreased number of employees & no direct labour participation in the production processes. The apparent impact is on the unskilled workers who shall not be required to run the production machines & perform the manual labour tasks. But other types of work shall also be influenced.
This will not happen that all companies in all of the industries suddenly switch to the automated factory overnight. The building & learning procedure will take time, with some of industries embracing the new CIM & automation technologies more slowly than others. The automated factory shall be introduced slowly, and effects on the workforce will be evolutionary instead of revolutionary. Nevertheless, the influence will be noticed.
- Impact on Labour
- Retraining and Education
- Social and Economic Forces