ECONOMICS, INFLATION AND AUTOMATION

The development of interactive automation as against 19th and 20th century mechanisation makes it vital to understand the interplay between the capital cost of automation, usage rates and the possibilities for versatile automation. The importance of such factors is amplified even further when subjected to the pressures of an inflationary environment. This paper attempts to take a global view of these interacting forces so as to create a balanced picture for the understanding of such effects.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented in England, May 17th-20th, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Movement 77

  Economic and Effective Materials Handling
  Birmingham,   England 
• Authors:
  • Heginbotham, W B
  • Matong, F B
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Cargo handling; Costs; Economic analysis; Economics; Inflation; Materials management
• Old TRIS Terms: Capitalized costs
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165876
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 9 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM