Correlation Analysis of Manual Handling of Materials, Foreign Trade and Productivity and Quality Levels Based on Business Management and University Educational Programs With the Occupational Health in the Electronic Industry in Tijuana

Abstract

A study was conducted to evaluate the deterioration of electronic components and electronic boards by handling action, generating damage of these materials and subproducts in an electronic industry located in the Tijuana city. Also was analyzed the foreign trade topic, correlated with the business management and the relation of educative programs of a prestigious university of this important city of the northwest of the Mexican Republic. In this investigation was evaluated the damage of the materials utilized in the manufacturing areas of this industry, when it was handling with the hands by personnel of the industrial process, being called as action of the “Good Practices of the Manufacturing (GPM)”, about the handling of electronic devices and electronic board, being evaluated, as a part of the relation of the foreign trade and the business management. The analysis indicated that around 50% of workers do not follow the instructions of the GPM and were damage this type of materials (Ibegbulem A. et al, 2015). Also was made and analysis of the productivity and quality indices, correlated with university-level educational programs of a prestigious university located in the city of Tijuana, regarding the subjects and topics of the use and manufacture of industrial materials. The correlation of the university study programs was to determine if they were adequate for the teaching-learning process of recently graduated students, and to evaluate their operational performance with respect to quality and productivity indices, which are part of the income and expenses as a foreign trade theme of the industry where the research was made. The scientific study was prepared in 2024. The four relevant aspects evaluated were correlated with the presence of some accidents or diseases of workers of manufacturing areas with the statistical analysis mentioned, and in this way, they were evaluated, as a thematic of occupational health, because were presented some accidents and diseases by the “Bad Manufacturing Practices” (BMP), linked with the business management actions.