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1 Robots Save and Create Jobs
Jeff Burnstein President Association for Advancing Automation

2 The Real Threat to Jobs The inability to remain globally competitive
Low productivity, poor quality, high costs Failure to respond quickly to changing customer demands

3 Robots Help Keep Companies Globally Competitive
Improved productivity and quality Lower overall costs Faster response time Safer, higher paying jobs

4 Shuttered Factories Destroy Communities
Lower tax revenues Job losses outside the factory Abandoned buildings and increased crime Poorer schools and declining real estate values

5 Competing For Manufacturing Jobs
US is competing with China to be the biggest manufacturer in the world. Manufacturing generates more associated jobs than any other sector. Every new job in manufacturing is generating 1.3 jobs in support functions. 94% of all manufacturing jobs are in small and medium sized companies.

6 US Manufacturing Dominated by Small and Medium Sized Companies

7 Challenges Small and Medium Sized Companies Face
Cost Setup time and maintenance Flexibility and multi-tasking

8 Automate, Emigrate or Evaporate
An operating factory with fewer employees is better than one with none Sending jobs overseas is not the panacea many companies expected Automating often allows companies to transform their business

9 Where Robot Use Rises, Unemployment Usually Falls

10 About 10 Million Jobs Created Directly by Robotics through 2011

11 About 6 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost In US – Are Robots Really The Culprit?

12 Potential New Jobs Due to Robotics 2012 - 2016

13 New Applications Laboratory automation Composite manufacturing
Hospital logistics Agile assembly Package handling in logistics

14 Common Sense Says that the Naysayers are Wrong
Innovation has always led to growth and more jobs Robots are just better tools, not our masters We can’t even imagine the new products and industries that improved automation will help create Suggested reading:

15 Jeff Burnstein President Association for Advancing Automation 900 Victors Way Suite 140 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA Phone:


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