Bai Xuqi; Wicaksono, Hendro How Relevant Are Environmental Factors in The Ergonomic Performance Assessments? Journal Article Procedia Manufacturing, 52 , pp. 325-330, 2020. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ergonomics, manufacturing, resource efficient manufacturing @article{Wicaksono2020c,
title = {How Relevant Are Environmental Factors in The Ergonomic Performance Assessments?},
author = {Bai, Xuqi; Wicaksono, Hendro },
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.11.054},
doi = {10.1016/j.promfg.2020.11.054},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-31},
journal = {Procedia Manufacturing},
volume = {52},
pages = {325-330},
abstract = {A suitable working environment is crucial to ensure the worker’s safety and health, results in higher productivity in production systems. As one of the most important elements of production, the assembly processes require the most human involvement. However, researches on ergonomics in assembly systems focus merely on task-related physical factors such as action forces, posture, movement, task repetition, etc. This paper aims to investigate the relevance of environmental measures of temperature, humidity, ventilation, noise, lighting, and cleanness to the assembly workers, and the relative importance of environmental factors in comparison with the task-related physical factors. A survey was conducted among 20 assembly workers and engineers in the hope to realize the urgency to integrate environmental characteristics into routinely conducted ergonomic performance assessments.},
keywords = {ergonomics, manufacturing, resource efficient manufacturing},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
A suitable working environment is crucial to ensure the worker’s safety and health, results in higher productivity in production systems. As one of the most important elements of production, the assembly processes require the most human involvement. However, researches on ergonomics in assembly systems focus merely on task-related physical factors such as action forces, posture, movement, task repetition, etc. This paper aims to investigate the relevance of environmental measures of temperature, humidity, ventilation, noise, lighting, and cleanness to the assembly workers, and the relative importance of environmental factors in comparison with the task-related physical factors. A survey was conducted among 20 assembly workers and engineers in the hope to realize the urgency to integrate environmental characteristics into routinely conducted ergonomic performance assessments. |