The company has replaced 90 percent of the. workers with robots. Production jumped by 250 percent.
The vision of the future presented by science-fiction writers, in whichórej robots are taking people’s jobs, is just being realized. Nowadays it happens in simple work on the production line, but such a developmentój caseów can wait all industries.
Of the 650-strong workforce at Changying Precision Technology Company’s factory in China’s Dongguan, only 60 people remainób. All production lines are operated by robots. A handful of workeróin whichóra remain engaged in controlling production lines and monitoring the computer system. Plant bosses say the number of workerów can still be depleted to 20.
The replacement of humans by robots is accompanied by a spectacular increase in production. The company recorded as much as 250 percent. The jump in manufactured productsów. Importantly, the increase in productivity does not come at the expense of quality. Number of defectów was reduced by 80 percent.
Changying Precision Technology Company’s footsteps are going to be followed by other global giants. Similar intentions have been announced by Samsung, Adidas and Foxconn. For companies, this is a significant cost reductionóin the making. But not only. The robot does not get sick, does not go on strike, does not complain, can work continuously, on top of that it is accurate and faster than a human.