Macroergonomic study of food sector company distribution centres

García-Acosta, Gabriel; Lange-Morales, Karen

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2008.02.004

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“…Macroergonomic compatibility can produce benefits for manufacturing systems, from process optimization and reduction of occupational risks to the notable improvement of life quality at the workplace. These benefits can be achieved by applying macroergonomic practices to work system design [ 4 , 7 ]. The correct design of a work system will determine its effectiveness [ 8 , 9 ].…”

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Structural Model for the Effects of Environmental Elements on the Psychological Characteristics and Performance of the Employees of Manufacturing Systems

Realyvásquez-Vargas

Maldonado-Macías

Alcaráz

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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This paper analyzes the effects of environmental elements on the psychological characteristics and performance of employees in manufacturing systems using structural equation modeling. Increasing the comprehension of these effects may help optimize manufacturing systems regarding their employees’ psychological characteristics and performance from a macroergonomic perspective. As the method, a new macroergonomic compatibility questionnaire (MCQ) was developed and statistically validated, and 158 respondents at four manufacture companies were considered. Noise, lighting and temperature, humidity and air quality (THAQ) were used as independent variables and psychological characteristics and employees’ performance as dependent variables. To propose and test the hypothetical causal model of significant relationships among the variables, a data analysis was deployed. Results found that the macroergonomic compatibility of environmental elements presents significant direct effects on employees’ psychological characteristics and either direct or indirect effects on the employees’ performance. THAQ had the highest direct and total effects on psychological characteristics. Regarding the direct and total effects on employees’ performance, the psychological characteristics presented the highest effects, followed by THAQ conditions. These results may help measure and optimize manufacturing systems’ performance by enhancing their macroergonomic compatibility and quality of life at work of the employees.

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confidence: 99%

Structural Model for the Effects of Environmental Elements on the Psychological Characteristics and Performance of the Employees of Manufacturing Systems

Realyvásquez-Vargas

Maldonado-Macías

Alcaráz

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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“…More recently, macroergonomics has been applied to health-care quality and patient safety (Carayon, Hundt, Karsh, et al, 2006;Carayon, Karsh, et al, 2013;Carayon et al, 2014). The special issue of Applied Ergonomics edited by Imada and Carayon (2008) presented state-of-theart research in macroergonomics in a range of countries and various domains, such as construction (Haro & Kleiner, 2008), office environments (Robertson, Huang, O'Neill, & Schleifer, 2008), warehousing (García Acosta & Lange Morales, 2008), public health service (Sznelwar, Silva, & Mascia, 2008), farming (Kogi, 2008), municipal government (Taveira, 2008), and information technology (Caldwell, 2008). Macroergonomics approaches are applicable independent of the context (Hendrick, 2008) and can help to solve important societal problems.…”

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Organizational design: Macroergonomics as a foundation for human systems integration.

Carayon¹,

Kianfar²,

Li³

et al. 2015

APA Handbook of Human Systems Integration.

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n.d.), human factors and ergonomics are two names for the same discipline aimed at "understanding the interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theoretical principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance" (Definition section, para. 1). In this chapter, we use HFE as a shortcut for human factors and ergonomics. 2 We use both the terms organizational and sociotechnical to describe the broader context of work. In our macroergonomics approach, we consider the terms to be synonymous, as they emphasize the importance of the broader organizational design as well as the principles of sociotechnical systems theory (Pasmore, 1988;Trist & Bamforth, 1951).

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“…Systemic understanding of the work station and work process through an analysis of the ergonomic system -i.e. human being, objectsmachines, physical space, and resulting interactions, considering relationships with the work organisation and/or technological variables [4];…”

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Work situation operative model MOST: linking diagnosis and intervention to improve work conditions

Lange-Morales

García-Acosta

Urueña-Télleze

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This paper presents the model "Work Situation Operative Model"-MOST (after its Spanish acronym). It offers a comprehensive, systemic approach to analysing work stations and/or work processes, serving also as a framework for pursuing various ergonomic and occupational health and safety goals. Originally produced for a food sector company, the model has been extended and successfully applied in several industries in Colombia and Ecuador, including cement, oil, and paper industries. Based on a systemic understanding of work systems and tasks, the model not only allows different, commonly-used methods and tools for evaluating or assessing the risk of muscular-sketetal disorders to be included, but also supports occupational risk management strategies. Hence, one of its more important contributions relies on providing meaningful information that is useful for improving the work station and/or work process through design and redesign , by focusing on the interactions between all system elements.

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Macroergonomic study of food sector company distribution centres

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Structural Model for the Effects of Environmental Elements on the Psychological Characteristics and Performance of the Employees of Manufacturing Systems

Structural Model for the Effects of Environmental Elements on the Psychological Characteristics and Performance of the Employees of Manufacturing Systems

Organizational design: Macroergonomics as a foundation for human systems integration.

Work situation operative model MOST: linking diagnosis and intervention to improve work conditions

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