Automation to improve quality, rather than reduce labor costs
“Automation is not something we do simply to reduce labor. It’s a more a factor of consistency,” Burton said. “In fact, I treat (human) labor as a fixed cost. When…
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“Automation is not something we do simply to reduce labor. It’s a more a factor of consistency,” Burton said. “In fact, I treat (human) labor as a fixed cost. When…
Source: Retailers looking to save on labor costs turn to automation $15 per hour minimum wage, $4 to 5$ hour in benefits adds up while the costs of automation fall…
In a move taken by few other nations, it requires telecommunications companies to store for a year the web histories known as internet connection records — a list of websites…
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Next Thursday at UW CSE or view remotely: http://www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloq_info UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Computer Science and Engineering COLLOQUIUM SPEAKER: David Kotz, Dartmouth College TITLE: Amulet: An Energy-Efficient, Multi-Application Wearable Platform DATE:…
Patel, P., & Cassou, D. (2015). Enabling high-level application development for the Internet of Things. Journal of Systems and Software, 103, 62-84. Retrieved from: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1501.05080 File: 1501.05080.pdf Paper proposes a…