FACTORS INFLUENCING THE WASTE PERCEPTION FROM PRODUCT DEFECTS IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Abstract

The research was aimed 1) to study and to compare the waste perception from product defects in textile industry, a case study of Tietex Asia LTD, classified by personal factors; and 2) to study levels of the perception of waste from defect resulted from production process in textile industry. Sample size was 133 respondents, using self-enumeration method. Questionnaire was conducted. Percentage, mean, Standard Deviation, T-test, and One-way ANOVA were analyzed. The result showed that, there were statistically significant differences between gender, work position, operation training techniques, and the perception of waste from defect at 0.01. However, there were no statistically significant differences between personal factors, namely, age, education, and employment duration, and the perception of waste from defect. In addition, there was moderate level of waste perception from defect in this study.