The Effect of Smart Factory Quality on Productivity Improvement and Flexibility Improvement: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Organization Learning in Korea

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to focus on analyzing the direct influence relationship of vision, cooperation shared through organization learning, superior’s leadership, individual ability development and participatory decision making on the productivity and flexibility improvement, and to identify whether the smart factory quality is necessary in improving the productivity and flexibility. Therefore, targeting the manufacturing workers in Busan and Gyeongnam region, it intends to research the effect of understanding smart factory quality on the productivity improvement and flexibility improvement, and identify whether smart factory quality has the mediating role of organization learning in the relationship between productivity and flexibility improvement. Research design, data, and methodology: Total 400 questionnaires are distributed, and 83.5%(334 copies) are collected, and 57 copies with unfaithful responses are excluded among them, the statistic analysis is conducted to final 277 copies. The data collected through survey is coded and analyzed by IBM SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0 statistics package. In order to check the regularity based on the data collected through survey, and the values of descriptive statistics, skewness and kurtosis of each questions on survey items and frequency analysis are identified and reviewed the appropriateness of many questions suggested through the Exploratory factor analysis in relation with smart factory quality, productivity improvement, Flexibility improvement, organization learning. And the internal consistency of variables is verified through the reliability analysis and correlation analysis using Cronbach’s α value. Finally, the mediating regression analysis is conducted to check the mediation of organization learning. Results: As a result of hypothesis verification, the smart factory quality is found to have the significant impact on the productivity improvement and flexibility improvement. As a result of mediating regression analysis of organization learning, the organization learning is analyzed to have partial mediating effect in the relationship between smart factory quality and productivity improvement. Implications: These study results mean that the smart factory quality influences the productivity improvement without the organization learning, mediating factor, in the relation between smart factory quality and productivity improvement. In relation between smart factory quality and flexibility improvement, the organization learning is analyzed to have the partial mediating effect. These study results mean that the smart factory quality influences the flexibility improvement without the organization learning, mediating factor, in the relation between smart factory quality and flexibility improvement.