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Packaging and Processing Companies Strive for Intuitive Automation

Companies are struggling to simplify machine operation, but those who have been successful have advice on implementing intuitive automation.

Companies are using intuitive human machine interfaces to simplify operation of automated machinery.
Companies are using intuitive human machine interfaces to simplify operation of automated machinery.
PMMI Business Intelligence: 2023 Sustainability and Technology - The Future of Packaging and Processing

Automation is only as powerful as the operator that runs it, and packaging and processing companies are searching for intuitive automation to add accessibility on the plant floor.

Over a third of surveyed executives say their efforts to implement intuitive automation have been unsuccessful.Over a third of surveyed executives say their efforts to implement intuitive automation have been unsuccessful.PMMI Business Intelligence: 2023 Sustainability and Technology - The Future of Packaging and ProcessingMany of these companies are struggling to simplify the operator experience though, according to PMMI Business Intelligence’s 2023 report, “Sustainability and Technology – The Future of Packaging and Processing.” Over a third (36%) of company executive respondents said they had not successfully ensured their automated machinery was intuitive for lower skilled operators in a survey conducted for the report.

Of the two-thirds (64%) who said they had been successful, one director of engineering said they had focused on “making automation easier to understand and operate.”

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