Ramifications of Technology Installation

As the owner of the Ollie North Dollie Factory, I can easily

justify the introduction of a machine that produces dolls. Volume production and consistency of product are only the beginning. A machine is also flexible; it can be retooled easily, so that one kind of doll can be made one day, and another kind the next day. As long as market demand for Ollie dolls is strong, the machinery can respond quickly and get inventory into the marketplace quickly. This can eliminate tedious hand assembly of dolls as well as the surplus workers required to do the labor. Also, the entire factory will be more orderly and organized, and management will be able to quantify every step of the production process. Quality control and standardization of product will also arise. Workers who are used to assembling Ollie dolls may have to be retrained in assembling other dolls, and this takes time that should be reserved for production. A machine doesn

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ake different kinds of dolls, once the North doll has had its market run. Human input will be required to finetune machine specs to make a variety of products that may share the general design of a doll, but that will be vastly different in the details. Only a human can change machine processes that allow us to make, say Ollie dolls on one day, and other celebrity dolls on other days, or to eliminate Ollie dolls altogether and adapt for new dolls as market demand changes. Working the "bugs" out of a machine system won't be a function of the machine alone but will require input from those who can see where the problems originate and suggest how to solve them. A machine is only as smart as the person who programs it. As Shaiken says, "A worker who sees an operation day in and day out would be an invaluable aid to an engineer developing a new system" (63). That is the real value of human labor in an automated doll shop. Further to this point, a machine can break down, and it may need repair. If existing workers have been trained to do repairs of this type, the management can benefit because someone familiar will be handling company problems. On the other hand, if management tries to eliminate technicians as it is eliminating
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