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Automation: Justifying Flexible Automation

Feb. 19, 2006
Identifying the benefits -- direct and indirect -- helps justify the capital investment.

Justifying flexible automation is always a challenge. Whether a new system is to be deployed or an existing one is being updated, at some "funding" has to be addressed. Seeking funding is a competitive process. Every automation project is fighting for limited corporate resources, and it's important to know the competition.

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