TY - JOUR AB - AUTOMATION is generally a process superimposed on existing plants, not exactly a thing of shreds and patches, but a compromise between the ideal and the practicable. Rarely is it possible to find it as the basic conception in the mind of the industrialist before even the blue prints of a new manufacturing process have been prepared. VL - 9 IS - 2 SN - 0043-8022 DO - 10.1108/eb048133 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048133 PY - 1960 Y1 - 1960/01/01 TI - Time and Motion Study Volume 9 Issue 2 T2 - Work Study PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 11 EP - 56 Y2 - 2024/09/23 ER -