Prediction of postural discomfort impact on manual assembly: A workshop case study

Yonga, Thierry; Kanakana-Katumba, Grace; Mpofu, Khumbulani; Monzambe, Giovani

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.02.156

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“…Some studies, such as [30][31][32][33][34], demonstrated that the lack of experience and knowledge of the assembler were the most effective personal factors that led to assembly errors. In addition, some studies demonstrated many personal factors, such as misunderstanding [39], visual error perception [25,38,84], risk-taking [41], worker memory [35,36,39], fatigue [6,25,[85][86][87], stress [2], understanding roles and responsibilities [25,38], unintentional unsafe acts and haste in doing work [39], worker health [36], and intelligence coefficient [25,38], were the root causes of human errors in manual assembly processes.…”

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A New Model for Determining Factors Affecting Human Errors in Manual Assembly Processes Using Fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL Methods

Alqahtani,

Noman,

Alabdulkarim

et al. 2023

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Human errors (HEs) are common problems in manual assembly processes, impacting product quality and resulting in additional costs. Based on expert judgments, this study aims to identify the most significant factors affecting HEs in manual assembly processes and explore the cause-and-effect relationships among those factors. In order to achieve this objective, a proposed model is constructed using two types of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques. Firstly, using two rounds of the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), twenty-seven factors with an influence score of 0.7 or higher were found to have a major impact on HEs during manual assembly processes, with at least a 75% consensus among experts. After that, the twenty-seven factors affecting HEs were given to experts in a third round to analyze the cause-and-effect relationships among those factors using the fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. In MCDM techniques, symmetry refers to an important property that can be used to find relationships between variables. It is based on the principle that the relative importance or preference between two variables should remain the same regardless of their positions or roles. Therefore, symmetry is a factor that MCDM approaches take into account to ensure that the relationships between variables are accurately represented, leading to more reliable decision-making outcomes. The reliability and normality of the surveying data were examined using the SPSS 22.0 software program. The study results revealed that training level, poor workplace layout, a lack of necessary tools, and experience were the major factors affecting HEs as root causes. Moreover, a failure to address the error-causing problem, unintentional unsafe acts, fatigue, and poor error visual perception were found to be effect (dependent) factors. The findings of this study can help organizations make better-informed decisions on how to reduce worker errors and interest in the factors that contribute to assembly errors and provide a good basis for reaching the quality of final assembled parts.

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A New Model for Determining Factors Affecting Human Errors in Manual Assembly Processes Using Fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL Methods

Alqahtani,

Noman,

Alabdulkarim

et al. 2023

Symmetry

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“… 17 , 18 , 19 In recent postural discomfort studies, they had developed a posture discomfort prediction model of awkward working postures in the manual assembly process. 20 Hwang and Lee 14 had evaluated the classification of whole‐body postural discomfort using cluster analysis.…”

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Prediction and comparison of postural discomfort based on MLP and quadratic regression

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Hwang

Lee

2021

Journal of Occupational Health

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Prediction of postural discomfort impact on manual assembly: A workshop case study

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A New Model for Determining Factors Affecting Human Errors in Manual Assembly Processes Using Fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL Methods

A New Model for Determining Factors Affecting Human Errors in Manual Assembly Processes Using Fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL Methods

Prediction and comparison of postural discomfort based on MLP and quadratic regression

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