Will Automation Help You Out from Not So Interesting Work Compo- nents?

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Will Automation Help You Out from Not So Interesting Work Components?

In order to enable busInesses to better leverage today's automation technology to digitize their workforce, IBM is now focusing on many different initiatives. Automation is often a trigger word, especially within manufacturing environments. After all, no one wants to lose their job to a robot. Of course, automation itself casts a wide net covering both attended and unattended tasks.

In mining manufacturing settings, automation is often a hit-me-hard term. No one wants to be supplanted by robots in their workplace. Automation scoops up both activities done in person and those performed without the assistance of a person.

Automation has already made successful inroads addressing a wide array of unattended manufacturing jobs. These are often dirty, sometimes dangerous, and mundane jobs. Robots and, more recently, collaborative robots (cobots) have helped organizations address these automation opportunities. And, contrary to what some believe, stats show the addition of robots within these spaces rarely hurts the workforce numbers.

Automation has already made significant advances by tackling a broad range of manufacturing tasks that are not handled by people now. These are the dirtier, sometimes more hazardous, and often tedious occupations. More recently, a new class of robots has been joined, collaborative robots (cobots), to aid companies in mining to implement automation initiatives. Robots seldom have a detrimental effect on worker numbers. That is, they do not replace human force. This idea of replacement is more of a myth, as they call it -- the statisticians!

At the moment, more importance is being given to things that people are doing in person. For example, consider the position that requires an individual to be in front of a computer to input data or answer consumer inquiries. In the past, automation has been challenging for many professions, but with modern technologies like AI, it is now possible for businesses to achieve such goals.

In a study conducted by the IBM Value Institute, it was discovered that over 85% of companies using AI are finding ways to reduce their operating costs. However, such endeavors are limited only to call centers and some IT workplaces.

Nevertheless, with IBM's Watson Orchestrate initiative, the firm hopes to democratize the skills and enable workers across the organization to automate tedious aspects of their job quickly.

Process mining, a knowledge of the workflow from abstract to grassroots, design, and decision-making, and document processing needed, is required to automate any process. Automation of any line of business would be next to impossible without all of these.

In most mining scenarios, it is the substance of what is produced, rather than the method used to have it, that changes. Incorporate Watson into platforms like emails and Slack to access interactive AI to assist with anything from arranging meetings to requesting approvals and engaging with company processes.