In the latest episode of "Navigating Design and Manufacturing" Rick Curtis, President of EirMed, and Tanner Teasdale, Automation Engineer start off our three-part series in and around automation. With our automation experts, we begin to discuss when automation is often needed in manufacturing, when it's the most efficient option, and the instances that sometimes push a company to move towards automation. We take a deep dive into understanding the effect of production times and other factors that add pressure to turn towards more efficient methods as well as how those impact the process and quality.