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

制造业在英国是一项至关重要的职能。重振制造业，主要是通过制造业自动化提高竞争力，是国家的根本目标。普遍采用自动化仍然存在许多障碍，这不仅是因为社会对感知的失业的态度，也是因为在利基和小批量行业(如航空航天工业)实现高技能工作自动化的技术和业务挑战[1]。投资成本高，加之工厂中有许多相互关联的制造系统，要求生产平稳运行，资源利用率高，并避免停产。高附加值制造业在提升英国经济竞争力方面发挥着关键作用。无论工业部门如何，英国制造业都是由技术变革和智力创造推动的。

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.