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March Of The Zombies; Robot Invasion

By Art van Bodegraven | 11/03/2017 | 2:12 PM

Please enjoy the thoughts and musings of our friend, supporter, and long-time contributor Art van Bodegraven Jr., who passed away on June 18, 2017. Art was a prolific writer and had amassed a collection of unpublished blog posts he had planned to run well into the future. To honor his memory, we will continue to post these remaining blogs as he had intended. If you’ve been a fan of The Art of Art blog, check out our tribute.

 

I've been ranting about job loss to technology for several years, now.  

When automation pervades, with a constant influx of technology application, there'll be no low-end jobs left.  It'll take a special skill set of technology tools to build, assemble, install, repair, and tweak technology that we can only begin to dream of, i.e., drones, conveyors, AS/RS systems, etc.

Now that robots are all over the supply chain, the data are beginning to come more clear.

The impact of robots is now measured in robots per thousand jobs.  Think about that in the context of the total number of robots in supply chain management and manufacturing.

Where robots are installed, employees are nearly only half of the previous number.

Cheering up the CFO, labor cost likewise moves from .50 to .25.

So, how is the installation of robots affecting your supply chain?

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About Art van Bodegraven

Art van Bodegraven

Art van Bodegraven (1939 - 2017) was Managing Principal of the van Bodegraven Associates consultancy and Founding Principal of Discovery Executive Services, which develops and delivers supply chain educational programs. He was formerly Chair of the Supply Chain Group AG, Partner at The Progress Group LLC, Development Executive at CSCMP, Practice Leader with S4 Consulting, and a Managing Director in Coopers & Lybrand's consulting practice. Concentrating in supply chain management and logistics for over 20 years in his 50+ year business career, he has led ground-breaking strategic, operational, and educational projects for leading US and global clients. Art was principal co-author of DC Velocity's Basic Training monthly column for a decade, and was the principal co-author, with Ken Ackerman, of Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management, the definitive primer in the field. His popular blog, The Art of Art, has been a staple of DC Velocity's web site since its inception.



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