http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/index.asp 177 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET) Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2018, pp. 177–185, Article ID: IJMET_09_09_021 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijmet/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=9&IType=9 ISSN Print: 0976-6340 and ISSN Online: 0976-6359 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed THE INFLUENCE OF CHANGING WORK POSITION TOWARDS BEVERAGE PACKAGING OPERATORS’ PERFORMANCE Renny Septiari Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology (ITN) Malang, Indonesia Pratikto, Purnomo B. Santoso and Ishardhita P. Tama Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia ABSTRACT Working in prolonged sitting position may cause discomfort and health problem because the body will remain statically in the position while doing activities which are repeated and monotonous such as packaging in the process of drinking glass packaging where each operator is assigned to sit while finishing their task for almost 7 hours every day. In order to minimize discomfort and health problem, sitting and standing treatment while working is suggested. The result is, hopefully, the improvement of operator’s performance to finish the tasks. Operator’s improvement can be indicated by fatigue level, production output and heartbeat level. The aims of measuring performance are to know whether the position change treatment influences level of fatigue, production output, and heartbeat. Linearity test indicates that there are linear and significant relationship between the influence of sitting and standing position towards fatigue, production output, and heartbeat because the level of significance is less than 5% (p<0.05). Significance value of fatigue level is 0.001, production output is 0.004, and heartbeat is 0.000. Correlation test shows that there is simultaneous correlation between the tested three factors caused by position change treatment. The result shows that the value between fatigue level and production output is 0.557, fatigue level and heartbeat is 0.502, and production output and heartbeat is 0.411. Keywords: position change, fatigue, production output, heartbeat. Cite this Article: Renny Septiari, Pratikto, Purnomo B. Santoso and Ishardhita P. Tama, The Influence of Changing Work Position towards Beverage Packaging Operators’ Performance, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 9(9), 2018, pp. 177–185. http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=9&IType=9