It came to my attention that "automatable" is not a word. I've been using this word to describe something that does not require human intervention and thus can be automated.
"Automation-ready" just doesn't cut it. The term suggests that some automation capability has been built and just needs to be plugged into.
It's time to put this word out into the zeitgeist. I'd like to see it in common use. Lexicographers (the folks who create and update dictionaries) rely on a word being commonly used in print before adding it to the dictionary. A couple of dictionaries have already caught on to this one:
1. Collins dictionary lists it as 'British English'. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/automatable
2. Oxford English Dictionary lists is as both British and American English. Way to go OED! Yes, we are using this word across the pond! https://www.oed.com/dictionary/automatable_adj?tl=true
Folks at dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster, American Heritage Dictionary, and Cambridge English Dictionary I hope you catch on soon and create a full entry for the word automatable.
automatable [aw-tuh-mey-tuh-buhl]
Adjective
1. a laborious process, chore, or set of tasks performed by a human without explicitly requiring human intervention
2. computational task that is being performed by a human but capable of being done by currently available technology which simply needs to be programmed appropriately.
3. work considered to be dull and not requiring any particular skills.
4. labor performed by a human which could be done less expensively by a mechanical process
5. capable of being operated, controlled, or conducted by automation
6. work that is being considered for displacement or obsolescence by automation
Current innovation in the industry will ensure that these automatable tasks will no longer be done by human laborers in the future.