The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa
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Date
2022
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SAGE Publications
Abstract
This study argues that the automobile sector’s body shop is fully automated, the paint shop is 80% automated, there is about 20% technology utilization in the car assembly line, and the supply for logistics is making a lot more use of machines as well. These percentages are an indicator of how workers have lost the contest with technology in the industry. Many workers are being deskilled and the remaining workers are being reshuffled to assembly lines likely to be automated with time. There should be interventions to ready the workers to adapt to society and the economy, or there will be massive unemployment.
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Automobile Sector, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Job Automation, South Africa, Unemployment
Citation
Chigbu, B. I., & Nekhwevha, F. H. (2022). The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in south africa. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(2), 726-747. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20940779