Automation helps firms ease labour crunch, shorten processes

Globaltronic Precision has seen its revenue rise almost 40 per cent since it added an automation line that serves 13 computer numerical control machines, while production quality has gone up. Manpower has been freed up for other tasks and the company
Globaltronic Precision has seen its revenue rise almost 40 per cent since it added an automation line that serves 13 computer numerical control machines, while production quality has gone up. Manpower has been freed up for other tasks and the company, which had been grappling with a shortage of skilled workers, has been able to send staff for courses at Nanyang Polytechnic. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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Short of skilled workers, Globaltronic Precision turned to automation and has invested about $2.5 million since 2017.

The move has also enabled the Singapore precision engineering firm to run its production lines round the clock.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 27, 2020, with the headline Automation helps firms ease labour crunch, shorten processes. Subscribe