In an ongoing survey of global manufacturers, process experts were asked: Can Craftsmanship and Automation co-exist in a process? 87% say yes.

More importantly, 60% fervently reserve a place for craftsmanship in their process. But the market doesn't yet agree on why.

• 11% say that any human role in a process introduces a risk of poor quality
• 23% say that skilled people enable flexibility -- making it possible to respond quickly to new customer demands
• 66% say that craftspeople make automation better, offering insights like these:
• "Craftsmanship leads to quality"
• "Craftsmanship refines automation"
• "Human eye gives the difference"