A descriptive-exploratory study on automation in the assembly line (the case study on Electronic Assemblies, Inc.)

• Main Author: Guasch, Mike Vincent de Jesus
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/16586
• Institution: De La Salle University

This is a descriptive-exploratory case study on automation at Electronic Assemblies, Inc. The study aims to describe the level of automation, degree of repetitiveness of work, degree of supervision, degree of satisfaction of higher order needs and degree of alienation through the assembly-line workers' perception. After measuring the degree of each variables, an exploration of the possible relationships of the variables will be done-the level of automation being the base variable in relation to the other variables. A 25-item Likert type survey scale was distributed to thirty (30) assembly-line workers in the company. Each variable used in this study has corresponding 5-item statements in the scale. There is a positive and a negative statement with answers ranging from lubos na sang-ayon bearing the highest score of five (5) to lubos na di-sang-ayon with a lowest score of one (1) in positively stated statements. In the negative statements, the highest score corresponds to the answer lubos na sang-ayon while the lowest score corresponds to the answer lubos na sang-ayon. A computation of the mean scores (X) in all the items per variable was done to determine the level of automation and the degrees of the rest of the variables. Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient was employed to explore the possible relationship between automation and the rest of the variables, with a level of significance of 0.05. The major findings of this study on the company are enumerated as follows: (1) there is a moderate level of automation in the company; (2) the degree of repetitiveness of work has a moderate degree; (3) there is a high degree of supervision in the company; (4) the degree of satisfaction of higher order needs has a moderate degree; (5) there is a low degree of worker alienation in the company; (6) there is a possible moderate correlation between the level of automation and the degree of repetitiveness of work; (7) low relationship exists between the level of automation and the degree of supervision; (8) there is a possible moderate correlation between the level of automation and the degree of satisfaction of higher order needs, and lastly (9) a moderate negative relationship exists between the level of automation and the degree of worker alienation.