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Article History

Received: 30 July 2025

Accepted: 4 May 2026

First Online: 29 May 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare that they have no known conflicts of interest or competing interests (financial or non-financial) that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

: This study did not involve any clinical trials, invasive procedures, or vulnerable populations. As the research was based on shop-floor observations and semi-structured interviews with consenting adult employees of the participating firm, formal ethics committee approval was not required under the institutional guidelines applicable to the authors. All the procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants (the production manager, supervisors, machine operators, helpers, and dispatch personnel) prior to their involvement in interviews, observations, and training sessions. The owner of the workshop also provided written consent for the conduct of the case study and for the publication of anonymized findings. No personally identifying information is reported in the manuscript.