GESTIÓN DE LA AUTOMATIZACIÓN DE PLANTAS INDUSTRIALES EN CHILE

Abstract

In recent years, Chilean industrial plants have been introducing automation production processes, the main reason for this decision being the raise of industrial salaries. An important effect of such policies has resulted in the materialization of many projects - that were not feasible in the past- through the use of the new low cost technologies available. In this paper, we study the economics and management problems, related to the automation activities in Chilean companies. As a case study, we chose the robotization of visual inspection process in factory output, which balances the amount of benefits and cost involved in the projects. The main conclusion of the paper, indicates that the automation of production process is an unavoidable challenge, for the national industry, in the years to come