Our world now has technology which revolutionized our manufacturing and creativity. Manufactured products can be customized as never before, metal can be shaped in designs which could only be hand crafted in years past. Customization is possible for even a single product without stopping an entire assembly line. Our class today will explore the latest in operations management. CHOOSE JUST ONE of the following and complete a one-page summary (business format – single-spaced, non-indented paragraphs with double spaces between paragraphs) of your topic!
TOPIC 4: Robotics can provide a company the ability to shift quickly on an assembly line from making the same items thousands of times to making a few dozen or even one item – and then shift to another product on the same line. operate production 24/7 with low labor costs. An example of this is a YouTube Video:
Robotics
Review the process of robotics in the workplace and research the following questions to explore this area and report your findings back to the class.
Appoint someone in your group to present our finding to the rest of the class when your group is called upon to present its findings.
Watch the YouTube Video, “Amazon Warehouse Robots: Mind Blowing Video,” and learn how robots have evolved in manufacturing and the shipping process and be able to describe it to someone who has never heard of this process before.
Discover at least three industries which use different types of robotic systems in their regular operations.
Find three companies in the different industries described above which use robotics and identify them by name. Describe at least three different professions which use robotics and know how they use it.
