The United States is currently struggling to deal with labor shortages that hinder its economic recovery, but companies are not sitting still in their efforts to maintain production and operations. As these vacancies increase, they are turning to automation to fill the vacancies.
In 2021, the number of new robot orders reached a record high. Association for the Advancement of Automation (A3)The total number of orders for the robot enterprise trading group this year reached nearly 29,000. The total value is 1.48 billion U.S. dollars, and it will reach 513 million U.S. dollars in the third quarter of 2021 alone.
A3 President Jeff Burnstein said in a press statement announcing the data that the company is turning to robotics to deal with ongoing supply issues and labor shortages.
“With labor shortages in manufacturing, logistics, and almost all industries, companies of all sizes are increasingly turning to robotics and automation to maintain productivity and competitiveness,” Bernstein said.
Bernstein explained that the data shows how current robot users expand their use, but also identify a wider range of industries, “such as automotive, agriculture, construction, electronics, food processing, life sciences, metal processing, warehousing, etc.”
Automation is considered The fourth industrial revolution Interconnection technology will support most of the economic production in the future.However, the critics came from politician arrive merchant The warning states that as more and more companies begin to use machines to complete tasks previously done by humans, automation is the biggest threat to work.
Increasing use of robotics by companies occurs in what some economists call “great resignations,” and even after the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have decided to resign.
last Friday, Ministry of Labor It was discovered that another 164,000 people resigned in September, bringing the total to a record high of 4.4 million. As more and more people voluntarily leave due to the pandemic or being able to find better pay and benefits elsewhere, many companies have been scrambling to retain employees.
Multiple surveys It was found that half of the workers said that the pandemic gave them more control over their career direction, while the other half said they planned to leave in search of better pay and benefits.
