Ergonomic Value Stream Mapping: A Novel Approach to Reduce Subjective Mental Workload

Arce, A.; Romero-Dessens, Luis Felipe; León-Duarte, Jaime A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60828-0_31

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“…According to Arce, Romero, & Leon, (2017) Lean tools and practices have provided companies with significant help to meet the waste challenge, therefore, it has been possible to promote productivity and other key performance indicators. There are several cases of (Abuthakeer et al, 2010;Bertolini et al, 2013;Chong et al, 2013;Kumar et al, 2016;Lacerda et al, 2016) where they have reported positive results after implementation, how to shorten delivery times, reduce inventories of work in progress, increase the value-added relationship and among others.…”

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Implementation of the lean ergonomics approach to process performance improvement

López-Acosta

García-Vilches

Cantú

et al. 2019

JMPC

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Actually market is subject to constant change which forces organizations to innovate with new strategies that provide greater productivity to maintain a competitive advantage, one of the flexible tools used are Lean systems. However, in most of the improvements registered in these systems, the non-ergonomic elements have not been considered as waste, which have high costs for companies. This document presents an approach to integrating Lean systems with Ergonomics, the main tools used were Value Stream Mapping, SIPOC, Kaizen, REBA Method and NIOSH. As a result, a risk identification was obtained in 86% of the 26 activities of three processes analyzed, mainly by postures, manual lifting of loads and repetitiveness, with the improvements developed, the 25 controlled risks were reduced high to medium or low and obtained an average reduction of 32% in the cycle time of operations, making each process more efficient.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of the lean ergonomics approach to process performance improvement

López-Acosta

García-Vilches

Cantú

et al. 2019

JMPC

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“…VSM has been successfully used for many efficiency optimization scenarios across various industries, from service to maintenance [227]. Benefits of VSM for environmental and economic sustainability purposes were also evident in the literature [228][229][230][231]. 5S has also been commonly employed to achieve various sustainability outcomes [155,165,169,232,233].…”

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“…The LCPB method was employed in Brazilian manufacturing firms to compare cleaner production performance of 16 different firms and the outcomes confirmed the validity of the proposed tool. In one of the most recent studies, Arce et al, (2018) modified the VSM methodology to accommodate requirements of the ergonomics discipline and introduced ergonomic value stream mapping tool (ErgoVSM) [231]. The purpose of the tool was to improve ergonomic conditions of workplaces.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

Tasdemir

Gazo

2018

Sustainability

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Global trends and factors, such as the increased level of globalization, climate change, resource scarcity, and awareness of social and environmental responsibilities, as well as fiercer competition and lower profit margins in all industries, force organizations to act to retain, regain, or sustain their competitive advantages for long-term survival. These trends and factors are historically known to bring about innovations that drive the evolution of industries. Sustainability is considered to be such an innovation to achieve fiscally sound, environmentally conscious, and socially progressive organizations and supply chains. This study reviewed 477 past articles published in five major databases from 1990 to 2018. The purpose of the study was to assess the current state-of-the art in the subject of lean-driven sustainability. Based on the exhaustive descriptive and contextual analysis, synergies, divergences, and the extent of two-way permeability of lean and sustainability concepts from the perspective of intra-and inter-organizational operations were identified along with future research opportunities. Fundamental strengths and weaknesses of both concepts, existing strong synergies and untapped potential, along with their key contributors, the potential-use cases of lean tools to derive sustainable solutions are highlighted in this review.

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“…Additional to the countries mentioned above, this council is made up of Finland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and their goal is to make this region the most sustainable and integrated of the planet (The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers, 2018). ErgoVSM is identified as a recently discovered tool outside of the Nordic council, and it started to be used in 2013 in countries such as Brazil (Pereiro da Silva & Goncalves-Amaral, 2019), United States (Aqlan et al, 2013), United Arab Emirates (Kim, 2017), Indonesia (Suryoputro et al, 2017), India (Sakthi et al, 2019) and Mexico (Arce et al, 2018;López-Acosta et al, 2019).…”

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“…The ergonomic module in the industrial sector has focused on identifying physical risk factors related to worker posture and load (See Table 4), mainly using recognized tools that have been previously applied in the industrial sector (Aqlan et al, 2013;López-Acosta et al, 2019;Suryoputro et al, 2017). The psychosocial and physical factors of the workers were analyzed to a lesser degree Sakthi et al, 2019), and only one of the products evaluated the cognitive factors related to mental load (Arce et al, 2018).…”

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ErgoVSM: A new tool that integrates ergonomics and productivity

Dominguez-Alfaro¹,

Mendoza-Muñoz²,

González³

et al. 2021

JIEM

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Purpose: Identifying possible ergonomic risks generated by the implementation of Lean Manufacturing in organizations. Shows a need to integrate ergonomics and productivity indicators in process analysis, thus giving place to the ErgoVSM methodology, which is VSM (Value Stream Mapping) complemented with ergonomic analysis.Design/methodology/approach: This literature review aims to refer to the methodology and instruments used for its application, as well as the benefits obtained and the challenges that arise when applying it.Findings: This article presents a review of 26 publications regarding the ErgoVSM methodology. The ErgoVSM is mainly based on the VSM methodology developed by Rother & Shook that is most applied in the healthcare sector with ergonomic analysis instruments that focus on the physical and psychosocial factors of the workers.Originality/value: The review revealed that when using ErgoVSM, processes can be improved from the ergonomic perspective without negatively affecting productivity. Even though ErgoVSM requires more time for application compared to VSM, the value of the ergonomic data for decision making in process changes justifies the extra time.

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Ergonomic Value Stream Mapping: A Novel Approach to Reduce Subjective Mental Workload

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Implementation of the lean ergonomics approach to process performance improvement

Implementation of the lean ergonomics approach to process performance improvement

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

ErgoVSM: A new tool that integrates ergonomics and productivity

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