DC Velocity - September 2018

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er
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au
to
ma
t
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on
m
ak
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ss
en
se

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e
th
er
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t’s
s
av
in
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pa
c
e,
b
o
ost
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ng
pr
o
duc
t
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ity,
o
rs
l
as
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ing
p
r
oc
ess
i
ng
c
ost
s,
th
e
b
en
ef
its
of
au
t
om
at
i
on
c
an
m
ak
e
it
a
l
og
i
c
a
lm
ov
e.
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a
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es
om
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s
th
at
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r
at
i
on
is
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ip
ef
o
r
au
t
om
at
i
on
.

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ent
ma
k
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se.

1

Pro
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c
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ty
n
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to
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m
pro
v
e

A la c k o f p rod uc ti vit y is oft en

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bo
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xp
ens
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2
Th
rou
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ut
n
e
ed
s
to
in
cr
ea
se

Cons
tr
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ned
fa
cilit
ies
o
fte
n
ha
v
e
bott
len
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c
ks
tha
t
h
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mpe
r
t
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rts
to
p
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rd
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q
uic
kl
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—
a
situ
atio
n
th
at
c
an
f
r
eq
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tl
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be
add
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esse
d
th
ro
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aut
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fa
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an
also
b
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ei
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th
r
oug
hpu
t
ca
pa
biliti
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with
aut
om
at
ed
e
quip
m
ent
.

3
B
et
t
er
a
c
cu
ra
c
y
i
s
n
ee
de
d

O r de r f ulfill m ent mist ak es c an be costl y.

N
ot
onl
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ot
he
y
me
an
e
xt
r
a
wo
r
k
to
pi
c
k
th
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c
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r
re
ct
p
ro
du
cts,
but
th
e
re
is
th
e
a
dde
d
bu
r
den
o
f
p
ro
c
essin
g
r
etu
r
ns.