Workplace is an important thing to consider especially in the industrial world.
When the workplace is good, workers can work effectively and efficiently.
Otherwise, if the workplace is improper, it will disrupt the workers to work
effectively and efficiently.
The current workplace condition in PT. MAPI is improper. This improper condition
happens because there were problems in the workplace. The problems were the
limitation of work area in some departments, the limitation of shelves in the
departments, lack of material handling tools and no proper conveniently home
place for tools, lack of first aid equipment’s, no proper guards in some machines
and shelves, unclear pathway mark, unclear position shelves and flow of work,
unworthy resting corners, unworthy washing facilities and toilets, no labels for the
material handling tools, and unclear emergency switch controls.
The aim of this study is to proposed improvements of the workplace in PT. Mega
Andalan Plastik Industri (MAPI). The improvements will be proposed by using the
Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE) guideline. WISE guideline was
used to identify the non-conformity condition of the workplace. Cause analysis
was done using 5 why method to determine the root causes of the non-conformity
condition. Improvements was proposed for the root causes identified.
The workplace improvements proposed were PT. Mega Andalan Plastik Industri
(MAPI) have to expand the size of work area of some departments, rearrange the
layout of certain departments, provide more facilities such as handling tools
(home place for the tools, pallets, container boxes, shelves), provide more
cleaning tools, provide more first aid equipment’s, make a new pathway mark,
make a labels for each handling tools, do some maintenance for the proper
guards and the unclear emergency switch controls.