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• n  the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
  automation replaces human workers by machines
• n  the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
  automation increases productivity
• n  equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
  this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment

• It's Not What Is Done but HowTHE biggest scare word in the lexicon of unionism is automation.
• Not Fired, Just Not Hired THE rise in unemployment has raised some new alarms around an old scare word: automation.
• In the new world of office automation, one of the prime problems has been the fact that not all machines talk the same language.

• mechanization
• mechanisation

News & Articles

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• Marketing Automation's Missing Link: Getting Higher Conversions Using Customer Intelligence
  What’s missing from marketing automation systems today are insights into who customers really are, beyond their demographics and one-dimensional profiles in CRM systems.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes
• Rockwell Automation To Present At William Blair Conference ; Webcast At 1:40 PM
  Rockwell Automation To Present At William Blair Conference ; Webcast At 1:40 PM
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Substation Automation Market is Expected to Reach $122.94 Billion by 2018, at an Estimated CAGR of 5.2% from 2013 to ...
  Substation Automation Market report deals with all the driving factors, restraints, and opportunities with respect to the substation automation market, which are helpful in identifying trends and key success factors for the industry. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/substation-automation/market/prweb10825607.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Larry Ellison in CNN
  We signed our largest on-demand sales force automation contract this quarter,Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in a prepared statement. "This was just one of several recent wins over Salesforce.com. We also sold our first database machine,...
• Bill Gates in PR-USA.net (press release)
  The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency,said Bill Gates.
• Randy Michaels in Broadcast Newsroom
  Tribune and Local TV expect to realize significant savings in management, technology, and other overhead costs,Michaels said in a statement, "Things like research and development and automation technology are more efficient on a large...