-
Believe it or not, he blames high joblessness on automation, technology and efficiency.
FORBES: Obama the Luddite: Friend to Labor Unions, Enemy of Job Creators
-
Symyx is shaking up the slow-moving world of chemicals by applying tools borrowed from the drug industry: miniaturization and high-speed automation.
FORBES: Upstart Symyx is shaking up the stodgy chemicals industry.
-
Faster settlement requires a high degree of automation so trades can go from the buy-side to the DTCC untouched by human hands once they are entered into an order management system.
FORBES: Securities Settlement Cycle -- T+2 Gets Chatted Up But No Date
-
International CES commenced this week and mobile enhancements, home automation and super high def TVs are on display.
FORBES: CES Is Hot But CE Retail Sales Are Not
-
Last year he approached Safreno, whose company, Trust Automation, builds high-precision robotic equipment.
FORBES: Film's Latest Picture Show
-
Its near monopoly on operating systems and office automation software assured it a high cash flow.
FORBES: Should Microsoft's Board Fire Steve Ballmer?
-
While auto industry wages in Brazil have risen 125% in ten years, productivity has increased only 22% due to a lack of automation, poor training and high energy and steel costs.
FORBES: Why The World's Automakers Love Brazil
-
For example, a large mutual fund company spent a lot of money encouraging its high net worth customers to use all of its automation tools and to essentially become self-sufficient investors.
FORBES: How simple (and human) is your customer service?
-
For most consumers, home monitoring and automation systems have been a thing of the future, or a luxury experienced only in high-priced hotels (not unlike the ones many of us are staying in this week in Las Vegas during CES.) This year, though, these type of systems seem to be becoming more mainstream as the cost of devices, installation, and usability is significantly reducing.
FORBES: Will Home Monitoring Systems Be Mainstream in 2013?
-
To attain such high aspirations, Google set an aggressive research and development agenda that employed more expensive technology and aimed for full automation, rather than using off-the-shelf technology that enable narrow applications.
FORBES: Part Four of a Six-Part Series