Robotti tuli töihin

Automation and robotisation have already impacted and will continue to impact people's occupational well-being in a radical way as their proliferation continues. The implementation of robotics affects personnel motivation, skills, needs, working methods and occupational well-being. These impacts can be either positive or negative, depending on how business development efforts and the implementation process are handled. Challenges are unavoidable if a company's change projects are carried out in a technology-driven manner, without acknowledging people's human needs, such as the need for a feeling of security, stability and opportunities to exert influence. These problems, a lack of information and knowledge capital, and a lack of experience in the implementation, utilisation and impacts of robotics have slowed down process automation in the SME sector. At the same time, these issues have hindered companies' efforts to adapt their operations and working methods towards new skills, innovations and value creation in the customer interface. Robotti tuli töihin (Working with robots) project responds to the need of SMEs to implement robotics and automation solutions that boost business operations in a manner that is both sustainable and productive from a personnel perspective: the primary objective of the project is to model a process for implementing robotics in SMEs that is also beneficial to personnel. The project helps SMEs to identify their own potential and seize it in a concrete manner by examining and developing their processes in a way that ensures that the participation and occupational well-being of the working community is comprehensively acknowledged in the implementation of changes and the learning of new working methods. This requires good management expertise in regard to both processes and people. In practice, the project will model the relationship between the implementation of robotics and well-being based on trials conducted at target companies, the process of learning from pioneers and co-creation carried out by experts. In addition to this, the project will involve comparing and sharing experiences about the robotisation of different sectors and process stages, producing valuable knowledge and expertise to support Finnish SMEs in renewing and developing themselves and strengthening their competitiveness.Further informationHenna-Riikka MarkkioProject Manager+358406623244firstname.lastname (a) jamk.fi