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by Robert Malone, Contributing Editor   | Abstract: | Manufacturers with insight, intelligence, energy, and a global vision can automate processes rather than increase or outsource labor. |
When all else fails, becoming a captain of industry and a slave driver may succeed. It did for Andrew Carnegie and others. Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating slave labor — only slave machines, or what I call "mean manufacturing."
Today we have digital control networking that brings machines, robots, sensors, RFID, and other technologies together, making automation more attainable to those who are willing to work at it. The collection of the necessary data is also attainable. Any excuse for not automating disappears for those with the courage, imagination, and entrepreneurial spirit to make it happen.
However, it seems that the more that magazines and conferences are devoted to entrepreneurship, the less it seems to be practiced.
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