Managing production complexity by empowering workers: six cases

• To manage high product variety many companies empower their operators. Reaching the benefits of that is connected tosuccessfully distributing role allotments and work tasks in the complex context. The characteristic of empowerment is studied in six cases where the focus is work tasks and power to affect the company. Results indicate that the workers are, in general,responsible for more than 30% of the tasks connected to the production but that they do not always have the power to make decisions that influence the organization directly. This could increase the companies’ attractiveness as a future employer and itscompetitiveness.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

production complexity

competitiveness

case study

work environment

empowerment

Empowered workers

Publikations- och innehållstyp

kon (ämneskategori)

ref (ämneskategori)