Increasing the Productivity for Electronic Industrial Factories in Central Region of Thailand
Keywords:
Cenrtal Region of Thailand, Electronics Industrial Factories, ProductivityAbstract
The objectives of this research are 1) to analyze the current situation, problem, competitiveness, competition conditions, and productivity of electronic industrial factories; 2) to compare productivity classified by industrial factory characteristics; 3) to study of production factors and production management that affect productivity of industrial factories; and 4) to recomend management approach to increase productivity of electronic industrial factories. Mixed methods-a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods-were used in this research: Questionnaire to collect data from 316 electronic industrial factories located in the central region and interviews with 18 experts. Data were analyzed by using one-way analysis of variance, multiple regression analysis, and content analysis. The results showed that electronic industrial
factories in the central region of Thailand had problems in developing production processes to keep up with changing technology affected by rising raw material prices due to raw material shortages as well as shortage of skilled workers. Moreover, the competition focused on producing
products that quickly meet the needs of customers and reduced production costs to cope with rising raw material costs along with trying to attach the business to the value chain for sustainability. Industry competition focused on building good relationships with both customers and suppliers while actual labor productivity was higher than expected labor productivity. The results of the comparison revealed that the electronic industrial factories with different characteristics of products produced, operation period, number of employees and registered capital had a statistically significant difference in productivity at the .05 level. Besides, factors affecting productivity were waste reduction system, working environment, raw material,
machinery, materials and equipment, quality management system, and employees. There are three approaches to increasing productivity: 1) developing competitiveness in business and manufacturing strategies; 2) improving the quality of inputs; and 3) improving quality of production
management.
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