Automating VMI Operations: Balancing Productivity Gains and Worker Displacement

Name: Institutional Affiliations: Date: To: Daniel Chinn From:  Subject: Managing VMI Actual Work Environment Positive effects of Automation for VMI Higher production rates and productivity/ Increased Employee Morale: Automation allows employees to produce more at minimal human labor. In such a case, the employee will remain motivated to work more and more since attaining the set task goals is practical. Since machine work is effective and efficient, a limited loss will be encountered as no increased faulty produce/services will be experienced. Workers’ Safety/Shorter workweeks: VMI is an organization whose industrial operations expose its workers' harms and risks. For this reason, automating such processes serves as a significant benefit concerning workers' safety against hazards associated with the meat industry environment. Automating operations will automatically limit the congestion of VMI workers as only a few workers will be needed to operate the machines and work for fewer hours than human labor. Reduces production cost: Having a completely paperless working environment is both eco-conscious and cost-saving. Such a benefit allows VMI to produce much at minimal costs and reach a wide range of target audiences since automation will also enhance communication and connectivity. Limited human labor defines the cost reductions in wages and the effectiveness of productions as machine work is more accurate than human labor. Cultivate collaboration/better product quality: Automated workplace allows workers to enjoy a collaborative culture in that all employees remain entitled to transparency concerning accessing their automated projects. Such clarity will allow the VMI workforce to understand and track their projects' progress with a common goal of achieving the set organizational goals. Thus, the quality of the anticipated product will remain on the truck, making the VMI organization realize quality products to become practical. Negative effects of Automation for VMI High investment cost: Automating VMI operations may cost this organization a great deal which may affect its financial position in a negative manner. Maintaining automated processes also proves to be demanding compared to manually operated machines and operations, which may negatively affect VMI profits. Such costs may take VMI a pretty long time to feel any financial benefit associated with the entire animation process. Workers displacement: Since automation comes with limited human labor, most VMI employees will face removal as most of their jobs will be taken by machines. Such an eviction may be a big blow for the workers and the organization since the displaced workers can portray a negative picture of VMI to the outside world, which may compromise its products’ acceptance in the market. Over-reliance on tech