Computers in Incentive Management

Abstract

The paper deals with the role of computers in an incentive scheme to improve productivity of direct workers engaged in a multiproduct aeronautical industry. The scheme is to cover in phases 1200 direct workers in the first instance who will handle more than 10,000 operations in a wage period of one month. The management of the incentive scheme requires constant monitoring and collection of data on absenteeism, overtime hours, rejection, idle time, actual time booked against standard time for all these operations. The working of the incentive scheme starting from printing of shop order for each operation to payment of incentive to each operator has been completely mechanized. The reports were generated through IBM 1401-H and IRIS-55 Computer System.

The writeup gives an outline of the salient features of the incentive scheme, mechanization of the scheme highlighting data-feeding disciplines, controls established for accuracy and generation of information system to the management. Results of the operatimi of incentive scheme have been reported in this article with respect to performance of the fabrication shop covering about 325 workers. The paper also discusses the use of data bank created from the system in identifying critical work centres/critical operators for monitoring their performance, and other supporting reports to planning, management services department and accounts.