Changes in Production Efficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Klimecka-Tatar, Dorota; Ulewicz, Robert

doi:10.2478/mape-2021-0023

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“…The workers reported a decrease in work productivity, increased fatigue and stress levels, and difficulty in maintaining work-life balance [2,11]. The lockdown-induced isolation and social distancing measures have also affected the workers' mental health and wellbeing, leading to absenteeism and decreased work motivation [24,25]. Moreover, the nature of work was found to have a significant association with work efficiency.…”

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Comparison of work efficiency in factory workers: pre & post covid lockdown – a cross sectional study

Kotagi,

Angolkar,

Koppad

2023

BMC Public Health

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on economies worldwide has caused changes in work patterns, reduced productivity, and job losses, particularly affecting factory workers. Lockdown measures have also led to reduced physical activity levels, which is a significant risk factor for chronic diseases. This study aims to investigate efficiency of factory workers pre and post lockdown periods. The findings will contribute to identifying evidence-based strategies to minimize the negative impact of lockdown measures on factory workers' productivity and health. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the work performance of employees in a medicine manufacturing unit. Data was collected from factory workers online and study period was January 2021 to April 2022. Survey includes close ended questions regarding work performance of employees before lockdown period (Before 20/03/2020) and performance after lockdown period (After August 2020). The sample size of 196 employees selected through simple random sampling. A questionnaire consisting of demographic factors, work details, and work performance was prepared using pretested standard tools, including the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ), the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ), and the Stanford Presenteeism Scale (SPS-6). The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistics and a paired t-test. Results The study found that prior to lockdown, 99% of employees consistently had higher performance, with 71.4% ranking in the top 10. However, after lockdown, the percentage of employees with high performance decreased to 91.8%, with only 63.3% ranking in the top 10. These differences were statistically significant, indicating a decrease in work efficiency of 8.1%. Before lockdown, employees worked longer hours, including on off days, while after lockdown, a small proportion missed work due to various reasons, resulting in better quality work. Conclusion In conclusion, the study highlights the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work efficiency of factory workers. The findings indicate a decrease in work efficiency after the lockdown, coupled with an increase in employee stress. This suggests that the pandemic has brought about unique challenges for factory workers that need to be addressed to maintain their well-being and productivity. This study emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive work environment that prioritizes the mental and physical health of employees, especially during times of crisis.

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Comparison of work efficiency in factory workers: pre & post covid lockdown – a cross sectional study

Kotagi,

Angolkar,

Koppad

2023

BMC Public Health

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“…Additionally relevant are studies that highlight public awareness as a necessary condition for social responsibility for one’s health and the health of others. For example, explored the relationship between the pandemic and digitization [ 18 , 19 ], which is capable of reforming the management system in any field—including medical [ 20 , 21 , 22 ]; saw problems in the imperfection of marketing activity in terms of medical products, which complicates the timely treatment of the population, due to widespread self-medication, including during a pandemic [ 23 ]; insisted on the need to popularize a healthy lifestyle around the world as the main tool for improving the general level of public health [ 24 ]. noted that the social responsibility of tourists is a central research problem because migration processes and the tourism industry influence the spread of disease quite strongly [ 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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Public Health System Economic Efficiency and COVID-19 Resilience: Frontier DEA Analysis

Kuzior

Kashcha

Kuzmenko

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The article summarizes the arguments and counterarguments in the scholarly discussion about the problem of choosing a model of healthcare organization. The study’s primary goal was to identify the economic efficiency of the public health system and resistance to COVID-19. The relevance of addressing this research issue is that the epidemiological challenges posed by the pandemic worldwide have manifested themselves differently in various countries. Therefore, it is advisable to consider the effectiveness of public healthcare models and how they have worked out in the fight against COVID-19. Research in the work was carried out in the following logical sequence: conducting scientometric analysis of research, creation of a statistical research base for 22 countries of the world; construction of integral indices of the economic efficiency of the health care system; calculation of public health system resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic; application of frontier DEA analysis to determine system efficiency; comparison and analysis of the results of research on the economic efficiency of public health systems obtained by different methods. The article presents the results of a comparison of the economic efficiency of the public health system, which showed that the system built according to the Beveridge principle is the most resistant to the pandemic and, at the same time, has the highest indices of economic efficiency.

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“…The reasons for such changes are growing market globalization, increasing global competition, improvement of manufacturing processes and production technology, new technologies, increased emphasis on quality of processes, products, customer service, as well as increased expectations of buyers (Bendkowski and Matusek, 2013;Kovács and Kot, 2016;Wachnik, 2022). Nowadays COVID-19 also influenced manufacturing and has an influence on productivity indicators (Cai and Luo, 2020;Klimecka-Tatar and Ulewicz, 2021). The tasks of logistics include order acceptance and coordination, production planning, relationships with suppliers, purchasing, supply chain management, warehouse management, transport, etc.…”

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Productivity and improvement of logistics processes in the company manufacturing vehicle semi-trailers – Case study

Rostek

2022

Production Engineering Archives

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The aim of the article is to present the results of the productivity research of a manufacturing company with particular emphasis on logistics processes. The article presents another example of verification of the developed proprietary productivity method, with particular emphasis on logistic processes. An author's method is used to select indicators, measure productivity and development of processes improvement. The productivity research was carried out in a company in the automotive industry dealing in the production of semi-trailers. A productivity research procedure was developed for the company, it was measured and recommended for improvement of the selected process. The selection of the process to be improved was made on the basis of the forecasted values of the tested productivity indicators, also using econometric modelling. The results of the productivity indicators after the implementation of the improvement were also presented, which confirmed the validity of the applied method and the right choice of process improvement in the company.

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Changes in Production Efficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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References 27 publications

Comparison of work efficiency in factory workers: pre & post covid lockdown – a cross sectional study

Comparison of work efficiency in factory workers: pre & post covid lockdown – a cross sectional study

Public Health System Economic Efficiency and COVID-19 Resilience: Frontier DEA Analysis

Productivity and improvement of logistics processes in the company manufacturing vehicle semi-trailers – Case study

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