Title: Explain the effect of automation on the manufacturing processes.
Course: Cybersecurity in Manufacturing (13002-III) > Section: Understanding Production Processes

Explanation should include

- employment/labor costs
- automation and outsourcing (and the pros and cons of each)
- robotics (production increase vs. cost of labor)
- political and social ramifications that accompany automation.

Teacher Resource:

- Automation Article

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are some examples of automated systems?
- What careers are associated with automated systems?
- What jobs have been eliminated over the past 50 years by automation?
- How can automation benefit the workforce when it eliminates some jobs while creating others?
- Automation sometimes is considered a negative thing for employment. Why?