Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center: Autonomous Operations - Are They More Productive?

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Autonomous Operations - Are They More Productive? - Question to Industrial Engineers.

Autonomous Operations - Are They More Productive - Question to Industrial Engineers.

"Operations can be designed with minimal to zero manual tasks right from the start."

Optimize process and equipment reliability by including additional sensors and analytics to monitor equipment and process conditions to predict anomalies.

https://scape.industryweek.com/yokogawa

Yokogawa, a thought leader in industrial automation, is spearheading the development of autonomous operations.

https://www.industryweek.com/white-papers/whitepaper/21165014/autonomous-operations-a-powerful-solution-to-unprecedented-times

Industrial Engineering - Role of Engineering, Mechanization and Automation

In process improvement study or projects, to do a task in the most productive manner, the most efficient manual method (best manual method), best mechanized method and best automation method are to be compared and the most productive method has to be employed. This comparison has to be done at element or suboperation level.

Source: Book: Motion and Time Study: Design and Measurement of Work, Ralph M. Barnes, 7th Edition, Chapter 18. Motion Study, Mechanization, and Automation.