As processors continue to expand efficiencies and improve worker safety, Dr. Brian Kiepper from the University of Georgia takes our MeatingPod listeners on a tour of early automation efforts, notes where technology stands today and outlines the potential for tech advances in the near future. Dr. Kiepper also explains that meat plant automation doesn’t eliminate jobs, but offers an opportunity to redeploy experienced employees to other parts of the processing plant, even in the early days of adoption. Additionally, he provides insights on opportunities to use data collected by automated equipment to improve plant operations.