Hizam Ahmad Shah, Mohamed Nik
Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, 65, Al Inshirah, Al Sa'adah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Faculty of Manufacturing and Mechatronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Heliyon. 2024 Sep 21;10(18):e38216. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38216. eCollection 2024 Sep 30.
SMEs are small to medium-sized businesses with relatively fewer workers and lower revenues than large companies. However, SMEs also contribute to the local economic growth of a region, so the smooth production process needs to be considered to increase productivity. Applying lean manufacturing (LM) and Ergonomics concepts in the production process is critical because it can overcome smooth production and maintain the health and safety of SMEs workers. LM focuses on minimizing waste, while ergonomics focuses on humans as a source of energy in the smooth running of production activities. So, this study aims to measure the level of understanding of Malaysian and Indonesian SMEs workers on applying LM and Ergonomics concepts on the production floor and determine the effect of these two concepts using the SPSS and SmartPLS4 applications. SPSS serves to measure the validity, reliability and mean for the category of workers' understanding of LM and Ergonomics. SmartPLS4 helps us understand the influence of the two concepts. Based on the calculation of the mean for each variable of LM and ergonomics, it is found that Malaysian workers understand enough compared to Indonesian SMEs workers. As for the effect, Ergonomics has a significant influence on LM.
中小企业是指与大公司相比，员工数量相对较少、收入较低的中小型企业。然而，中小企业也对一个地区的地方经济增长做出贡献，因此需要考虑顺畅的生产流程以提高生产率。在生产过程中应用精益制造（LM）和人机工程学概念至关重要，因为它可以克服生产顺畅的问题，并维护中小企业员工的健康与安全。精益制造专注于将浪费降至最低，而人机工程学则将人视为生产活动顺畅运行的能量来源。因此，本研究旨在衡量马来西亚和印度尼西亚中小企业员工对在生产车间应用精益制造和人机工程学概念的理解程度，并使用SPSS和SmartPLS4应用程序确定这两个概念的效果。SPSS用于衡量员工对精益制造和人机工程学理解类别的有效性、可靠性和平均值。SmartPLS4帮助我们了解这两个概念的影响。根据对精益制造和人机工程学每个变量的平均值计算，发现与印度尼西亚中小企业员工相比，马来西亚员工有足够的理解。至于效果，人机工程学对精益制造有显著影响。
