ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN RIVERS STATE

The study was to investigate the relationship between artificial intelligence application and organizational efficiency in manufacturing sector in Rivers State. A descriptive research survey design was used for the study. The sample of the study is six (6) operational managers from each of the twenty six (26) registered manufacturing companies in Rivers state by manufacturing association of Nigeria (MAN) Rivers state chapter. The population of the study is twenty six (26) registered operational manufacturing companies in Rivers state. The researcher distributed 156 questionnaires to the respondents. The method of data collection was through questionnaires. Data from the distributed questionnaires was further analyzed, using the Pearson Product Moment Correction Coefficient. The hypotheses of the study were tested using Pearson’s product moment Correlation with aidof the statistical package for social science (SPSS). Findings revealed that, the predictor variable artificial intelligence and its dimension robotics, and electronic fund transfer have significant relationship with the measures of the criterion variable as innovation and cost reduction. Therefore, it was recommended among others that manufacturing sector should adopt the use of robot in their production process to bring about safety of their staff that might be working hazardous substances and in high risk sections of an organization.