The phrase "automation means" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when defining or explaining what automation signifies in a particular context.
Example: "In the context of modern manufacturing, automation means the use of technology to perform tasks without human intervention."
Alternatives: "automation refers to" or "automation signifies".
To many people, automation means manufacturing automation.
Automation means manufacturing requires less manpower than before.
The breadth of change promised by automation means that both genders face job losses over the coming decades.
Transit officials believe that, with time, riders will not only adjust to the changes but will come to find that greater automation means much greater ease in traveling.
And there is concern about what the onward march towards automation means for jobs security and wages – as the Southern Rail dispute highlights.
The automation means it won't slow down the team, but still ensures that security is maintained throughout the process.
If automation meant you were able to use the time you'd previously spent working doing things that felt more pleasurable or meaningful, you might still be better off.
The structural changes that have occurred – the shift from an industrial economy to one built on knowledge, information and automation – mean that we will never again require the same number of people working to produce the things we need.
Many of today's biggest business changes are being driven by "quants", who excel at finding meaning in big data or at producing algorithms that can automate lots of work, but who are much less good at putting numbers into words or at thinking about what big data and automation mean for industries beyond their own.
What does this move to automation mean for, you know, actual human beings who work there?
Also, the efficiencies of automation mean that transaction fees are often only a fraction of what a human advisor would charge.
