A participatory and integrative approach to improve productivity and ergonomics in assembly

Looze, M.P. de; Rhijn, J.W. van; Deursen, J. van; Tuinzaad, G.H.; Reijneveld, C.N.

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“…Previous projects have demonstrated the extra value of combining assembly engineering with ergonomics (Van Lingen et al., ). De Looze, Van Rhijn, Van Deursen, Tuinzaad, and Reijneveldl () applied an integrative approach bringing together assembly engineering and ergonomics disciplines in order to identify bottleneck and offer improvements. Usually, ergonomics evaluations are performed by ergonomists, and workplace layouts are designed by planning engineers.…”

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Modeling and solving assembly line design problems by considering human factors with a real‐life application

Baykasoğlu

Taşan

et al. 2017

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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Ergonomics has been playing an important role in assembly system design (ASD) that contains not only the main assembly line balancing problem but also the subassembly line balancing and assembly layout problem. The ergonomics in ASD has an impact both on productivity and on workers’ health, especially when frequent changes in the product mix occur. In this study, we propose a systematic approach in order to handle ASD, which consists of three subproblems, while considering ergonomic risk factors. The first two subproblems are solved simultaneously using the proposed rule‐based constructive search algorithm, where ergonomic risks are evaluated by OCRA method. Later, layout problem is solved under transportation constraints using local search methods with various neighborhood structures. To provide the applicability and evaluate the performance of the proposed systematic approach, a real‐life case study in a harness manufacturing company is solved and prototype productions are performed.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Modeling and solving assembly line design problems by considering human factors with a real‐life application

Baykasoğlu

Taşan

et al. 2017

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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“…For a formal definition of this approach in more detail, we refer to de Looze et al (2003). A short overview is given below.…”

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“…In particular, the change from parallel dock assembly towards some type of serial flow assembly (e.g. Fredriksson et al 2001, de Looze et al 2003 and vice versa (e.g. Johansson et al 1993, Sawamura et al 1996, Melin et al 1999) have been studied.…”

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Changing from batch to flow assembly in the production of emergency lighting devices

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Looze²,

Tuinzaad

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International Journal of Production Research

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“…The studies presented (de Jong & Vink, 2002;de Looze, van Rhijn, & Tuinzaad, 2003;Kuorinka, 1997;van der Molen et al, 2005) as well as the results (Noro & Imada, 1991;Wilson & Haines, 1997) express the success achieved by manufacturing organizations in terms of the improvement of quality, productivity and security and the reduction of costs. It is of special interest to PE to consider the participation of all stakeholders independently of their position in the hierarchy when solving problems.…”

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Macroergonomics intervention programs: Recommendations for their design and implementation

Herrera

Huatuco

2010

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) to consider the intervention programs that emerged before ergonomic research, and 2) to develop a methodology for design and implementation of a macroergonomics intervention program in a manufacturing organization. A design that has been used is shown, which allows subsequent specialists' actions to achieve the expected results and avoid mistakes during implementation. A case study in the shoe industry is used to validate the procedure and illustrate the results, which include improvement in the quality of work processes (from 6.14% to 1.54% defects) and in quality of work life (from 58.03% to 93.33%). The conclusions highlight the need to carry out intervention programs relating to both micro and macro levels to achieve optimization of work systems. The recent increase in research activity in this area and the positive results encourage the future development of such macroergonomics intervention programs. C

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A participatory and integrative approach to improve productivity and ergonomics in assembly

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Modeling and solving assembly line design problems by considering human factors with a real‐life application

Modeling and solving assembly line design problems by considering human factors with a real‐life application

Changing from batch to flow assembly in the production of emergency lighting devices

Macroergonomics intervention programs: Recommendations for their design and implementation

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