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ERGONOMIC ORIENTED WORKING METHOD IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING CANS OF SARDINES INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOME OF WORKERS PT. BMP NEGARA, BALI

Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES (Vol.4, No. 5)

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Page : 74-79

Keywords : Ergonomic Oriented Working; Method; Ergonomic Un-oriented Working; Method; Productivity; Income of Workers; Process of Wiping; Cans of Sardines;

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Abstract

Motivation/Background: Productivity improvement is one of the important goals that need to be done by a company, including fish canning industry. High productivity can be achieved with the appropriate working method. This study was conducted to find out whether ergonomic oriented working method in sardine cans wiping process increasing productivity and income of workers in PT. BMP Negara compared than ergonomic unoriented working method. Method: This study was experimental study with design two periods cross over pre and posttest group. Number of sample was 18 workers. This study was done at PT. BMP Negara, Jembrana Regency, Bali Province in December 2016. There are two different working method applied in the process of wiping cans of sardines, called ergonomic un-oriented working method and ergonomic oriented working method. Data collected was productivity and workers income. Those datas were compared and tested statistically, using Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: The result showed that the ergonomic oriented working method increased productivities about 34.43% (p<0.05) and increased the income of workers as much as 31.51% (p<0.05). Conclusions: It could be concluded that ergonomic oriented working method in the process of wiping cans of sardines increased productivity and income of workers in PT.BMP Negara.

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