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President Donald Trump visited Wisconsin a couple weeks ago and hinted we were in for a big surprise.

The surprise was widely believed to be that Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that manufactures the iPhone and other devices, was looking at Wisconsin as a manufacturing site. Recently, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said we need to improve the infrastructure of southeast Wisconsin to make it more enticing to Foxconn.

I would urge Speaker Vos and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to take a hard look at Foxconns record. The Wall Street Journal and other reputable news outlets have reported extensively about workers in Foxconns factories jumping to their deaths because of the high pressure atmosphere in those factories.

Furthermore, Foxconn has announced it has entered into a three-phase automation plan that will fill their factories with Foxbots and almost totally eliminate workers. These developments are very troubling for China as they provided infrastructure, energy sources and a variety of incentives to bring jobs to their rural populations. Foxconn has stated a goal of 30 percent automation by 2020 and full automation shortly thereafter.

Why would Foxconn bring jobs here when its goal is full automation? Beware, Wisconsin.

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MUMBAI: Automation of information technology processes could lead to more work being moved back in-house, leading to further shrinking of the Indian IT industry in two to three years, said Hexaware CEO R Srikrishna.

Experts too feel the trend is here to stay for some time. At present, most companies work on a hybrid model with some work outsourced to IT companies and some work being done by captive units in-house. Automation of IT processes is expected to reduce the need of people at both the places.

In two-three years what will happen is that organisations would have done a lot of automation work in the captives. Suddenly, they will find that because of automation, 300 people of 1,000 employed by them have nothing to do, while they have 500 people outsourced, said Srikrishna, citing an example.

They have a choice to make about whether to bring that work back in house or let go of those people.

The Indian IT industry is struggling with a decline in traditional IT services as automation threatens their model of generating revenue by adding people. The focus now is to grow revenue faster than the number of employee additions. Companies are increasingly relying on digital deals, usually of smaller size, to make up for the slowness in large traditional deals. There could be a trend towards insourcing as more in-house capacity will be freed due to automation. For the industry as a whole, it will continue the trend of shrinking the industry. I mean, the work has got automated so that has shrunk, and if the remaining gets taken in-house, the outsourcing industry will continue to shrink, said Srikrishna.

Last month, Industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) projected software export growth in fiscal 2017-18 at 7-8% in constant currency, down from 8.6% last year.

Automation is one reason to move work back. Another is that with so many changes in technology, you need in-house expertise and capability. Technology is now an integral part of business, it is no longer a support function, said Pareekh Jain, senior vice-president, research and India operations at HfS Research. Traditional IT functions will shrink but new opportunities are opening up in digital, cyber security, data analytics and Internet of Things.

IT firms are expected to report a muted growth in the first quarter ended June hurt by wage hikes, visa fees, stronger rupee and slower pace of large deal closures amid uncertainty surrounding protectionist measures in the United States.

The good news is that changes due to automation are not a tsunami. There is a slow riding tide that will not change direction. It will inch up every month, every week, every year, said Srikrishna.

The bad news is that it is not going to change direction for a decade. I don't think a time in the next three-five years whe re you can say this transfor mation is done and dusted. I think we are in for a long haul on transformation.

Srikrishna does not ex pect this financial year to be very different from the last for the IT industry. It could be a little bit better. Frankly, a lot of what gets called cyclical factors are ac tually structural fac tors. I don't think they are going to be away anytime soon, said Srikrishna.

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In Brief The world's first automated toothbrush is here, and it can brush your teeth perfectly in 10 seconds. This is just one more example of the ways that automation can relieve us of everyday, mundane tasks so we can do what we really want to do instead.

Say hello to Amabrush, the worlds first automatic toothbrush,and goodbye to brushing your teeth for minutes at a time twice a day. Amabrush resembles a mouthguard with soft silicone bristles in it, and it is magnetically attached to a round handle. Put the mouthpiece in, and dont worry about the toothpaste, itll do that for you. It will then go to work, brushing your teeth in the way that your dentist tells you to, in every location in your mouth, all at the same time.

Using this device, brushing all of your teeth to perfection only takes about 10 seconds from start to finish, so its no surprise that the Amabrush isdoing really well on Kickstarter. As this article is being written, they have 25 days to go and have already raised $935,891, surpassing their $56,972 goal.

The Amabrush is just one more example of automation doing what it does best: taking over mind-numbingly dull daily tasks, freeing up humans to think about and do more compelling things. Whether its a significant step in automation, like self-driving cars, or just a piece of the puzzle, its all progress in the same direction. By extension, automation can free us from repetitive, dull jobs and free us up for more challenging careers, hobbies, passions, etc. All we have to do is be willing and ready for this change to happen.

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Global Packaging Automation Market: OverviewThis report proposes strategic analysis of the global packaging automation market, and growth forecast for the period from 2017 to 2025. The scope of the research study covers competitive analysis of several market bifurcations based on the application, type and industries of the packaging automation market across different regional segments.

It also provides breakdown and analysis of several factors affecting the market growth, which are applicably defined as market drivers, restraints, and opportunities. In all, the report includes a complete analysis of the global packaging automation market, and provides an assessment of progress for the period 2017 to 2025, considering the numerous factors affecting the market.

Global Packaging Automation Market: Key Trends and Growth Drivers Packaging is one of the significant elements of the product manufacturing process. It aids in protecting the products from physical damage, dust, and various other factors, adding further value to the products. In order to attain maximum profits, cost cutting becomes important in the light of intense competition and increasing globalization of manufacturing. Standardized HMI helps in reducing the learning curve required for training machine operators. HMI templates that are designed to offer consistent look and feel help the end users to reduce training and development time. While creating customizable and standardized HMIs, screen and navigation options are planned for various uses, so that the screens are easily customized as per the machines efficiently.

Safety regulations are major concerns among manufacturers especially in health care and food and beverage industry, more so in emerging economies such as India, China, and Latin America. Safety regulations can be adhered to by developing applications which include automated reporting capabilities that helps in generating brief reports for each packaging line.

Automation helps in reducing labor cost both directly and indirectly as well. Directly in the sense that every task that is done autonomously requires no labor force, thereby, cutting down the cost. Indirect labor saving is attained through automation that helps in reducing scraps, defective packaging, material handling and component orientation time.

Large industries where bulk of items are packed per minute require robotic automation to fulfil the packaging demand. Application of automated machines means it requires less labor to accomplish the packaging process, thus lessening the labor cost in the long term period. Automation is boosting the demand of packaging automation in the global market since the present automated machineries needs less maintenance, thereby reducing the machine downtime. Investment in automatic equipment is costly that is easily recoverable; but smaller companies do not want to invest huge amounts as they do not want to take risks at the preliminary stage.

The E-commerce sector is booming globally especially in developing countries. Due to the rapid growth of e-commerce, worldwide logistics has become complex and difficult to keep up with. Packaging is an important part of the e-commerce sector. Demand for online shopping has increased in the past couple of years due to which online retailers require large e-fulfilment centers and efficient machinery for packaging the ordered products in bulk.

Global Packaging Automation Market: Key SegmentsOn the basis of industries, the market is bifurcated into logistics, food and beverages, healthcare, retail, electronics, automotive among others. The food and beverage segment accounted for the highest revenue share in 2016. Health care segment is one of the fastest growing market in the global packaging automation market. The packaging automation market is bifurcated into six segments based on the applications. They are palletizing, labeling, filling, capping, wrapping among others. Among these six application segments, palletizing segment held highest market revenue share during the forecast period. Based on types, the market is bifurcated into packaging robot, automated packagers and automated conveyors. The packaging robot segment accounted for the highest revenue share during the forecast period. Based on the region is segregated into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa and Latin America. Europe accounted for the highest market revenue followed by Asia Pacific, North America, Middle East and Africa and Latin America.

Companies Mentioned in Report Some of the principal players in the global packaging automation market are Schneider Electric SE (France), Rockwell Automation, Inc. (U.S.), Siemens AG (Germany), ABB Ltd. (Switzerland), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), Schneider Electric SE (France), Automated Packaging Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Emerson Electric Co. (U.S.), Beumer Group GmbH & Co., Kg (Germany), Swisslog Holding AG (Switzerland), and Kollmorgen (U.S.)among others.

The market has been segmented as follows: Global Packaging Automation Market, by Application:

Palletizing Labeling Filling Capping Wrapping Others

Global Packaging Automation Market, by Type:Packaging Robot Automated Packagers Automated Conveyors

Global Packaging Automation Market, by Industries: Logistics Food and Beverages Health Care Retail Electronics Automotive Others

Packaging Automation Market, by Geography: The market is segmented on the basis of geography into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America

North America U.S. Canada Rest of North America

Europe U.K. Germany France Italy Rest of Europe

Asia Pacific India China Japan Rest of Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa South Africa U.A.E. Rest of Middle East and Africa

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In the past 20 years, technology has changed the nature of manufacturing. In the old days, manufacturing and fabrication were all done by hand by people. Now that computers and technology have penetrated the industry, automation has become the competitive advantage in todays manufacturing world. Automation has allowed for companies to mass produce products at outstanding speeds and with great repeatability and quality. Automation has become a determining factor in whether or not a company will remain competitive within the manufacturing industry. Although automation is constantly setting the standards for the industry and has many advantages, there are also some negative aspects about automation.

Automation Advantages

Automation Disadvantages

While automation has become a resource for remaining competitive in the manufacturing industry, there are definitely some factors to be considered in order to be competitive and to get a return on the investment. Depending on the operations, automation may or may not be a good fit. If it is a small operation with low production quantities, the initial investment of purchasing an automated machine would not be economical. On the other hand, if the operation has a larger facility with many employees on the shop floor two fabricate medium to large runs, automated machines would be better suited.

Here at Vista Industrial Products, Inc., we have had the opportunity to invest in automation to increase our productivity, repeatability, quality, and provide shorter lead times. Due to the size of our operation and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, automation has been a great fit for our business model. We have a great ratio of automation and employees to cater to our customers needs. Given that we can fabricate low mix/high volume and high mix/low volume runs for our customers, we have the flexibility we need to get the job done.

If you are looking for a company with a wide range of automation for your fabrication needs, please keep us in mind. We have automation for sheet metal punching, forming, and machining. Please contact us today for a quote!

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**NOTE:** The first Early Access is focused on Car and Engine design and does not yet include any tycoon or campaign mode! Read the Early Access description for an overview of what is finished!

Automation allows the player to become an armchair CEO to build their own car company from the ground up. Create and run anything from a boutique supercar manufacturer to a mass-market multinational mogul. With powerful tools like the Engine Designer, the player can create cars and their engines in mind-boggling detail.

The grand campaign will start in the year 1946 and run until 2020, with the main goal being to build a successful, renowned car company from scratch. All types of car manufacturers can be led to success if managed properly; building the right image over the years is key. The players tasks are to design engines and cars, to manage factories, production, Research and Development, as well as advertising campaigns. In game, time advances at the pace the player chooses and pauses automatically for events and occurrences.

Automation is comprised of three major game components the Engine Designer, the Car Designer and the Company Manager. These components are naturally strung together by the games goals, made to be user-friendly and intuitive to use. A multitude of tutorial missions, videos, and descriptive texts help car novices become experts. Almost infinite options give the player all the creative freedom to create unique cars with vastly different engines.

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Automation Exhibition is a 4 day event being held from 9th August to 12th August 2017 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) in Mumbai, India. This event showcases product from Automation & Robotics industry. A global platform for the innovators from the Indian subcontinent and Asia Pacific region, Automation India presents high end factory automation products, automation technology, assembly line systems, laser technology, turnkey solutions for industrial automation, advanced ..+ read moreelectrical technology and such others. The Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre where this event is held plays host to some of the most revolutionary technical procedures in the field of automation giving companies from the whole of the Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern region the technology to compete with global giants. Therefore, if you are pressed with the need to re-look and conventional methodologies or rope in cutting edge technology, Automation India is the place to be in.

FACTORY AUTOMATION, Motion drives, servo drives, actuator drives, Sensors and measuring equipment, Assembly and handling systems, technologies, devices, assembly lines system periphery and application, Complete Factory Automation systems and equipment, Assembly and handling, Machine Vision, Laser Technology, TURNKEY SOLUTIONS, For industrial automation, assembly and handling technology, handling technology, Electric motors, frequency converters and magnetic technology, Laser technology ..+ read moreIndustrial image processing, Production engineering for electrical engineering and electronics, Safety & security in automation, PROCESS & AUTOMATION, Complete automation systems in forging press plants, Complete flexible automated manufacturing plants, Control systems open and closed loop control systems for process automation, Analyzer systems and drive systems for actuators, Identification systems, image processing systems for process automation, Monitoring, safety and SCADA systems for the process industry, Process automation solutions and IT solutions, Integrated solutions for process optimization, statistical process control and data acquisition, Field devices, components for process automation, Special process automation controls and individual controllers, Overall system planning and consultancy services(process automation), Technical services for start-up and commissioning of process automation plants and for the operating phase, INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL, Alarm systems for the process industry, Data acquisition systems for the process industry, Diagnosis systems for the process industry, Gas warning systems (for combustible and toxic gases), Industrial security systems for the process industry, Monitoring, safety and SCADA systems for the process industry.

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Overall it was a very well organised event. I personally had a good experience and made a few good contacts as well.

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Outstanding exhibition...nice to watch new technology via different manufacturing and production company..Rating... 4/5

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volunteers are not technical oriented they could not clarify and convey the information properly

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The IBM Services Platform with Watson, announced Wednesday, brings the cognitive computing services of Watson to organizations to help manage and automate IT operations. While it will provide autonomous functionality, the goal of the platform is to have human intelligence complemented by the underpinning technologies, not replaced by it.

As reported by ZDNet, the new platform is built on IBM's cloud, and it is designed to help manage hybrid cloud infrastructure as well. As such, the IBM Services Platform with Watson aims to improve visibility across the entirety of a hybrid IT environment, the report said.

"The platform supports the entire managed services life-cycle, from designing to building, integrating and running services, with autonomic operations and augmented subject matter expertise," IBM said in its announcement.

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The new platform also relies heavily on data. According to the announcement, more than 30 years of IBM services data, along with other structured and unstructured data, will help provide insights into what is happening in a customer's business.

Those data-powered insights are also used to predict what could potentially happen within the customer's environmentgiving users ideas about how to solve potential problems before they occur, the announcement said.

Automation will also play a key role in the new Services Platform, as users will be able to automate their compliance, governance, and services provisioning. The platform will also automatically detect any incident and resolve it, Gopal Pingali, director at IBM's Global Technology Services Lab, told ZDNet. If certain incidents haven't yet been automated, the platform will look at them and recommend a way to automate a resolution, Pingali said.

When humans do need to work with Watson to solve a problem, they will be able to do so conversationally, due to Watson's ability to understand natural language. That means that an IT helpdesk professional might chat with Watson to try to resolve an issue before bringing it to their superior, Pingali told ZDNet.

Potential customers don't need to be using IBM's cloud to take advantage of the platform. Major firms including Sysco and Danske Bank have already adopted the platform within their IT environments.

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You may be asking, what in the world is email automation? And why does your insurance agency need it?

For starters, email automation is the act of using email marketing software to automatically send emails when a trigger occurs with the goal of perfecting the right time, right message dilemma. These messages can range from action-based emails that go out when a person performs an action, such as visiting a website; or event/date-based emails that are automated to send out on holidays, birthdays and other dates; and even engagement-based emails that go out to contacts based on how they interact with your emails, such as clicking an email or even declining to open an email.

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According to Heather Cherry, AgencyBuzz product manager at Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), email automation can generate 70.5% higher open rates and 152% higher click-through-rates, ultimately producing positive long-term effects for an insurance agencys marketing efforts. When considering its efficiency and around the clock interaction, email automation essentially does the work for you. So how do you start?

Cherry offers three points of advice when creating these targeted campaigns.

Gather your data, she says. Before you can trigger campaigns automatically, find out what triggers are available. Look at the information on your contacts to see what types of campaigns you can implement.

Next, Cherry says to map out the campaign flow and logic.

Take a moment to map out the flow of your campaign, she explains. Dont be afraid to use a dry erase board or blank sheet of paper to draw things out.

Finally, create the content.

You know your audience, flow, and number of emails for your campaign, Cherry says. Its time to sit down and write your content.

Cherry also shares her best practices when it comes to email automation, starting with monitoring results frequently and making adjustments to your campaign when necessary. In addition, updating data often and utilizing email personalization techniques are a few ways elevate your automated campaign.

Finally, Cherry reminds insurance agencies to remember the big picture.

You engage with your database in many ways at different times with different messages. Before you get overly excited and create tons of new automated campaigns, take a step back. Consider all available automated campaigns you can run and prioritize to avoid over-saturation for your audience. Nobody likes a cluttered inbox, she concludes.

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Quark is sold to new owners; eyes growth in publishing automation Denver Business Journal Quark Software Inc., the Denver-based maker of publishing software, has new private equity owners that are prepared to help it grow into a bigger company selling digital publishing automation technology. Los Angeles-based Parallax Capital Partners ... and more »

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