Abstract
The number of the newly-hired young employees is decreasing due to the expansion of overseas manufacturing, little growth in domestic demand, and the tendency of young people to avoid manufacturing because of changes in the way they perceive work. As the average age and the peak generation of the work force both rise, it is becoming more and more necessary for the work environment to adapt to employee aging. This paper addresses the issue of creating an attractive work environment on the labor-intensive assembly line, so that even sixty-year-old workers can work energetically, while maintaining and improving the shop's productivity.