THE UTILIZATION OF AUTOMATION IN MEAT PRODUCTION PROCESSES

The study intends to determine the importance of utilizing automation in meat production processes. The organisation under study is encountering a glitch of production wastage, which further leads to failure to reach daily production targets. The research question is: What is the importance of automation in the meat production processes? To address the question, the qualitative research approach was adopted in this study, in which observations are utilized for data collection. The observed data was presented in a case study form to allow in-depth analysis and enable ease of interpretation and understanding. The researcher found several key outcomes which include lack of display of Standard operating procedures, inadequate training, and poor management. Hence, it was recommended that display of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) next to all machines in use should be visible, employees should be provided with proper training and lastly, the managers should also receive the specific training that will enable them to make a well-informed decision, properly treat employees and change their poor behavioural actions, and lastly the utilization of fixed automation. Future research can be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the proposed framework under this study.