In a manufacturing system, 5 workers pick parts from a rawmaterials bin. After picking the parts, the workers move towards acell that is composed of 5 manual turning machines. The workersthen load the parts onto the machines and then starts the machiningprocess. Once the workers are satisfied that the machining processis complete they stop the machines and unload the parts inspect themachined parts and when satisfied places the machines parts in afinished parts bin. The workers then load the waiting parts. Thesame activities are repeated on the manual lathes machines untilthe raw materials bin is empty.
For the manufacturing system described above:
1- Identify the various levels of automation in this system.Justify your answer.
2- Use the USA principle to identify opportunities forautomating the manual system described above
3- Given that demand for the machined parts is very high,discuss a suitable automation migration strategy for thismanufacturing system