How computer-based system increase efficiency in production system?

Answer 1

Computer and less advanced automation systems in the production environment provide several advantages to an employer. A computer system does not tire like a human employee does, and a computer system can do its programmed job with mind-blowing speed and limitless accuracy and precision until the end of time. They do not require employee benefits or salaries, you can have an entire factory run by a single computer technician who maintains the system and assures that it remains at its peak. Such a computer system can do the work of ten human employees, at a fraction of the price, provided you're willing to pay the usually massive overhead for installation and initial setup.

However, there are some disadvantages to the use of computer and mechanical systems that aid in the calculation and execution of vital processes in production. Should some form of error occur, a computer's programming has not necessarily been prepared to know what to do. In some cases, an error in production can throw the automated system off to the point that the system itself encounters errors. This is a scenario in which a human employee, with critical thinking skills and more versatile tools than claws - I speak of hands - will be required to solve the problem. It is always a good idea to keep several human employees on staff, even if the job could theoretically be done with nothing but machines, a single problem could bring an entire automated system to a screeching, painful, and difficult to repair halt.