Automation has meant that the workers have had to learn how to operate sophisticated machinery and computers, so that Ritek has advanced out of the ranks of the traditional plastic disc pressers. Automation has also allowed the company to lower costs at a time when the price of data storage media has been plummeting.
一方面，拜生產自動化之賜，員工必須學習精密機械與電腦操控，讓錸德得以從「壓製塑膠片」的傳統型態迅速升級；另一方面，自動化大幅降低成本，是因應全球資訊產品售價快速滑落趨勢的不二法門。