The Role of Safety Training in Original Equipment Manufacturing Companies on Employee Perception of Knowledge, Behavior Towards Safety and Safe Work Environment

Training is important for the development of skills and knowledge. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of post- safety training on the supervisors learning process, behaviour towards safety and development of safe work environment in the automotive original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies. In the present study, a total of 129 supervisor level employees from different Indian automotive OEMs units, who have undergone a minimum of one-day safety training in the past three years, were a part of the survey. The survey was administered with the aid of a pre-validated designed questionnaire (developed in consultation with industry experts) to collect responses from the supervisor’s level employees during the period of January- August 2019. The 63 different manufacturing OEM automotive units from the Delhi- NCR and Pune- Nashik - Kolhapur from Western region agreed to participate in the survey. The results obtained were tested using multiple hierarchical regression analysis in a stepwise method, along with the correlation coefficient analysis. The results indicated that knowledge acquisition, learning process, and employee involvement regarding risks and hazards identification were positively related to the perceived effectiveness of post- safety training by the supervisors. It was further found that the post- safety training has no significant contribution towards the perceived self- behavior change and development of safe work environment. The effectiveness of safety training and development of safe environment along with the change in behavior towards the safety is related to factors such as related education in safety and health, working experience in the field of safety or EHS domain and knowledge of the supervisors gained through their career which play a significant role. A safety culture can be created by the organization by harnessing the safety-related work experience of the supervisors and periodically conducting the skill development program.

Analisa kepuasan pelanggan Original Equipment Manufacturing ban motor dengan metode IPA-QFD: Studi kasus di PT. GTB

PT. GTB is a manufacturing company that manufactures tyres for motor vehicles, one of them motorcycle tires. The market segmentation of PT. GTB is an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) market. Based on OEM market segmentation, PT. GTB has two large customer groups that include OEM customers. The complaint level of the customer for the use of motor tires in 2017 as much as 622 times and year 2018 as much as 352 times. In an effort to maintain the sustainability of product sales, customer complaints are critical to the company's improvement focus. The purpose of this research is analyzing the types of customers complain the use of motor tires. In the early stages, interviews as a reference for conducting customer satisfaction surveys are further analyzed by the Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methods. Based on the results of this research, known customer satisfaction rate of the use of GTB motor tires on average is 3.56 which is lower than the customer's expectation of 4.40. The research has successfully identified seven priority attributes that are considered very important to the customer, which is the input for the company to do the improvement.

Relationships Between the Capabilities and Export Performance of Korean Clothing and Textiles SMEs and the Moderating Effects of Export Mode on These Relationships

The authors proposed hierarchical (stepwise) regression models to test the hypothesized relationships between capabilities and the export performance of Korean clothing and textiles small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), along with the moderating effects of export mode (exporting own-brand products versus exporting products under original equipment manufacturing [OEM] contracts) on these relationships. The authors show that both technological capability (TC) and the ability to leverage foreign-distributor capabilities (ALFDCs) are positively related to strategic export performance; marketing capability (MC) is positively related to financial export performance; TC and the ALFDCs are related more strongly to strategic export performance for SMEs exporting own-brand products than those exporting under OEM contracts; and MC is related more strongly to financial export performance for SMEs exporting own-brand products than those exporting under OEM contracts. In addition, strategic export performance is positively related to financial export performance. From these results, the authors offer implications for managers and future researchers.

Questionnaire Development for the Evaluation of Agility Index in an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) Industry

A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents. Although they are often designed for statistical analysis of the responses, this is not always the case. The agility index is defined as a combination of timeliness and profitability. Both timeliness and profitability refers to the performance of a company at a strategic level. This paper discusses about the key factors to be considered and the procedure to be followed while constructing a questionnaire for evaluating the agility index in an original equipment manufacturing industry.Key words: Agility index, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis.