Robots Save and Create Jobs Jeff Burnstein President Association for Advancing Automation

The Real Threat to Jobs The inability to remain globally competitive Low productivity, poor quality, high costs Failure to respond quickly to changing customer demands

Robots Help Keep Companies Globally Competitive Improved productivity and quality Lower overall costs Faster response time Safer, higher paying jobs

Shuttered Factories Destroy Communities Lower tax revenues Job losses outside the factory Abandoned buildings and increased crime Poorer schools and declining real estate values

Competing For Manufacturing Jobs US is competing with China to be the biggest manufacturer in the world. Manufacturing generates more associated jobs than any other sector. Every new job in manufacturing is generating 1.3 jobs in support functions. 94% of all manufacturing jobs are in small and medium sized companies.

US Manufacturing Dominated by Small and Medium Sized Companies

Challenges Small and Medium Sized Companies Face Cost Setup time and maintenance Flexibility and multi-tasking

Automate, Emigrate or Evaporate An operating factory with fewer employees is better than one with none Sending jobs overseas is not the panacea many companies expected Automating often allows companies to transform their business

Where Robot Use Rises, Unemployment Usually Falls

About 10 Million Jobs Created Directly by Robotics through 2011

About 6 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost In US – Are Robots Really The Culprit?

Potential New Jobs Due to Robotics 2012 - 2016

New Applications Laboratory automation Composite manufacturing Hospital logistics Agile assembly Package handling in logistics

Common Sense Says that the Naysayers are Wrong Innovation has always led to growth and more jobs Robots are just better tools, not our masters We can’t even imagine the new products and industries that improved automation will help create Suggested reading: www.brookings.edu/experts/winships

Jeff Burnstein President Association for Advancing Automation 900 Victors Way Suite 140 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 USA Phone: 734-994-6088 Email: jburnstein@a3automate.org