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he automation of Australia’s industries has been in the works for some time now. Australia is a world leader in adopting mining equipment, which is unsurprising given our reliance on mining exports. Investment in automation and digitalisation is set to lead to a revival of manufacturing lost to more competitive producers. Many of our mines are partially staffed from remote operation centres, where employees monitor largely automated pieces of equipment. This successful automation would have helped the mining industry deal with the effects of the pandemic. Currently, there are two major drivers for considering a wider and faster shift to automation. The first is a desire for Australia to become more self-sufficient in supplying goods and services, with local supply chains that are less susceptible to global shocks. This would require boosting the country’s manufacturing capability, and one way to do so would be by embracing new manufacturing methods using
New business models in Industry 4.0 have emerged at an accelerated rate – and along with that, the need for a skills transition has become much more accentuated. Based on previous efforts around the world, industrial products companies’ initial forays into digital services is harder than they anticipated. There are high expectations to expand services and source new revenue, but there needs to be groundwork first.
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automation and robotics. The second driver is a need to reduce the frequency and duration of human-to-human contact (social distancing), especially as experts warn of the increasing threat of future pandemics.
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