The Taguchi Approach in Optimizing Environmental Factors Affecting Productivity in the Automotive Industry

• Main Authors: M. H. M., Haniff, Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, B. M., Deros, M. N. A., Rahman, K., Kadirgama
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2011
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13357/1/The%20Taguchi%20Approach%20In%20Optimizing%20Environmental%20Factors%20Affecting%20Productivity%20In%20The%20Automotive%20Industry.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13357/; http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijame.3.2011.7.0026

The objective of this study is to determine the dominance effects of environmental factors such as illuminance, humidity and WBGT on operators’ productivity in the Malaysian automotive industry. A case study was carried out at an automotive components assembly factory. The environmental factors exa...