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The Factory Floor Automation Paradox
We explore why heavy industrial automation often creates more bottlenecks than it solves. Using the example of a mid-sized automotive parts plant that installed robotic arms only to find their changeover times doubled, we look at the hidden costs of rigid automation. Lucas and Luna discuss how over-automating low-volume, high-mix production can destroy flexibility, and why some manufacturers are now pulling robots off the line to restore human dexterity for quick switches.
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