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Economic Aspects of Automation

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The increasing diffusion of automation in all sectors of the industrial world gives rise to a deep modification of labor organization and requires a new approach to evaluate industrial systems efficiency, effectiveness, and economic convenience. Until now, the evaluation tools and methods at disposal of industrial managers are rare and even complex. Easy-to-use criteria, possibly based on robust but simple models and concepts, appear to be necessary. This chapter gives an overview of concepts, based on the economic theory but revised in the light of industrial practice, which can be applied for evaluating the impact and effects of automation diffusion in enterprises.

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Abbreviations

CODESNET:

collaborative demand and supply network

GDP:

gross domestic product

GDP:

ground delay program

ICT:

information and communication technology

IT:

information technology

OECD:

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PS:

price setting

SME:

small and medium-sized enterprises

WS:

wage setting

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  1. Department Manufacturing Systems and Economics, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Piercarlo Ravazzi Prof

  2. Department Manufacturing Systems and Economics, Politecnico di Torino, C. so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Agostino Villa Prof

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Ravazzi, P., Villa, A. (2009). Economic Aspects of Automation. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_6

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