Managing Automation: Evaluation of Adoption, Implementation of Automated Manufacturing Capability and Strategies for the Aerospace Industry

制造业是英国的重要职能。制造业的复苏，主要是通过制造业自动化提高竞争力，是一个基本的国家目标。普遍采用自动化仍然存在许多障碍，这不仅是由于社会对失业的态度，而且还由于在航空航天工业等利基和小批量行业中自动化高技能工作的技术和商业挑战。 高投资成本与工厂中许多相互关联的制造系统相结合，要求生产平稳运行，资源利用率高，避免停工。高价值制造业在提高英国经济竞争力方面发挥着关键作用。无论工业部门如何，英国制造业都受到技术变革和智力创造力的推动。

Manufacturing is a vital function in the UK. The resurrection of manufacturing, primarily by enhancing competitiveness through automation of manufacturing, is a fundamental national goal. There remain many obstacles to prevalent take up of automation, not only due to social attitudes to do with perceived unemployment, but also due to the technical and business challenges in automating highly skilled work in niche and low volume industries such as the Aerospace Industry [1]. The high cost of investment in combination with many linked manufacturing systems in a factory, requires that the production runs smoothly with high utilization of the resources and that stoppages are avoided. High-value manufacturing industries play a key role in enhancing the economic competitiveness of the UK. Regardless of the industrial sector, UK manufacturing is driven by technological change and intellectual ingenuity.