mechanizing
Introducing automated equipment
Mechanizing is converting a process or operation to use machines rather than human or animal labor.
Agriculture mechanized gradually through the 19th and 20th centuries as tractors replaced horses and combines replaced hand harvesting.
The term extends to military contexts—mechanized infantry travels in armored vehicles rather than on foot.
Figuratively, to mechanize something is to make it routine or automatic, removing human judgment: We've mechanized the approval process.
Making processes run themselves
- programmingWriting software instructions
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
scheduling · scripting · workflow · self-regulating · cybernetics · autonomous · servo · actuator
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- productivityOutput relative to input
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- outputWhat something generates
speed · precision · scale · capacity · systematizing · standardization · repetition · consistency
Mechanism that transports items
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- lathesRotating shaping tools
mills · presses · dies · stamping · forging · casting · molding · machining
Reducing job complexity
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
retraining · reskilling · transition · adaptation · obsolescence
automating
Making processes run themselves
- programmingWriting software instructions
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
algorithmic · scheduling · scripting · workflow · self-regulating · cybernetics · autonomous · servo · actuator · sensor
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- productivityOutput relative to input
- throughputProcessing rate over time
output · speed · precision · scale · capacity · systematizing · standardization · repetition · consistency · reliability
conveyor
Mechanism that transports items
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
lathes · mills · presses · dies · stamping · forging · casting · molding · machining · production
deskilling
Reducing job complexity
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
downsizing · retraining · reskilling · transition · adaptation · obsolescence
mechanizinghandcrafting
Manual creation of objects
manual labor · crafting · cottage industry · traditional methods · rusticating
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