Participatory ergonomics intervention for improving human and production outcomes of a Brazilian furniture company

Guimarães, Lia Buarque de Macedo; Anzanello, Michel J.; Ribeiro, José Luís Duarte; Saurin, Tarcísio Abreu

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2015.02.002

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“…The second construct, OP, is defined as the way work is structured, distributed, processed, and supervised (Dixon et al, ). Its full adoption may depend on many factors, such as management style, type of product or service, characteristics of the workforce, level and type of processes technology, and market conditions (Carayon & Smith, ; Carayon, ; Guimarães et al, ). Hence OP comprises practices that can be identified by their focus on improving aspects that are wider than the workstation itself (e.g., communication and information system, problem‐solving indicators exposure, overload for achievement of goals, management of staff turnover) related to an efficient management of ST aspects implicit to the organizational routines (Blaikie et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“… Note . (1) Hoffmeister et al (); (2) Haug (); (3) Azadeh et al (); (4) Karsh et al (); (5) Guimarães et al (); (6) Asadzadeh et al (); (7) Dul and Neumann (); (8) Saurin and Ferreira (); (9) Guimarães et al (); (10) Koukoulaki (); (11) Koukoulaki (); (12) Zare et al (); (13) Thun et al (); (14) Pavlovic‐Veselinovic et al (); (15) Kang et al (). ST: sociotechnical.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The implementation of LM means a systematic approach of various management methods and practices, which presents the human element as a fundamental factor for continuous improvement sustainability (Bäckstrand, Bergman, Hogberg, & Moestam, ; Seppälä & Klemola, ). To achieve a truly lean system, previous research states that LM practices increasingly demand on the current and emerging workforce to achieve higher levels of quality and flexibility with lower costs (Guimarães, Anzanello, Ribeiro, & Saurin, ; Plonka, ), while pushing individual's muscular, cognitive, and emotional resources to the limit (Hoffmeister, Gibbons, Schwatka, & Rosecrance, ). At the same time, it promotes task variety, employment security, financial incentives, development and utilization of skills and knowledge, and knowledge of organizational performance (Saurin & Ferreira, ; Toralla, Falzon, & Morais, ), corroborating with the objectives of ST practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sociotechnical (ST) theory emphasizes the notion that the design and performance of new systems can be improved, and can only work satisfactorily within an organization if the social and the technical aspects are brought together and treated as interdependent aspects of a work system. The implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) principles and practices has become popular, despite increasing demand on the current and emerging workforce to achieve higher levels of quality and flexibility with lower costs. Exploratory studies that investigate how LM practices influence the effect of ST practices on performance are still scarce, and a holistic view of such a relationship is needed. In this context, this study aims at verifying the moderating effect of just‐in‐time (JIT) practices on the relationship between ST practices and the performance of quality and workers' health. We carried out a survey with 144 different companies from Southern Brazil that are undergoing a lean implementation. Results indicate that ST practices have a positive significant relationship with such performance, and the concurrent adoption of JIT does not undermine quality and workers' health.

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“…As Guimarães et al [37] argue, ergonomics and safety must be considered in the lean-related projects to design, improve and test the production system, identifying workers' best conditions. Ergonomic metrics must be included in the lean-related projects to evaluate how lean "improvements" may affect, for example, musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk factors associated with the job or jobs that were changed [37].…”

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A symbiotic relationship between Lean Production and Ergonomics: insights from Industrial Engineering final year projects

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“…Ergonomics is the scientific discipline that studies workplaces in order to adapt workstations to workers' welfare needs. It aims to understand the interactions and the relationship between the workers and their work environment, and create workstations with the required conditions to achieve high performance and prevent work-related disorders (Guimarães et al, 2015;IEA, 2014;Wisner, 1992).…”

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A new simplified model for evaluating thermal environment and thermal sensation: An approach to avoid occupational disorders

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2017

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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a b s t r a c tThermal heat stress is a cause of many occupational disorders that disrupt worker performance and the quality of work and, in extreme cases, can lead to death. In the industrial context, thermal discomfort is cited as one of the major causes of dissatisfaction in workplaces when people are exposed to extremely hot or cold thermal environments. Given the time that people spend in their workplaces, studies evaluating the comfort of the thermal environment are becoming increasingly important. However, comfort evaluation studies are time-consuming and for many organizations become expensive and difficult to implement due to the lack of a simplified model for evaluating the thermal environment of workplaces and the thermal sensations of their occupants.This paper aims to show the possibility of assessing the thermal patterns of industrial spaces and consequently identifying the most critical areas in terms of thermal comfort, using thermal indexes supported by real data collected using inexpensive measuring tools. This study was carried out in two Portuguese industrial manufacturing facilities with different characteristics, evaluating the thermal environment and the workers' thermal sensation in the season of spring. The data related to environmental parameters were collected using two similar measuring instruments, Testo 435-4 and Center 317-temperature humidity meter, while the workers' thermal sensations were collected using a thermal sensation colour scale that is aligned with the ASHRAE seven-point thermal sensation scale. The results were reproduced in colour maps based on MatLab algorithms, using the calculation formula of three thermal indexes, EsConTer (a new index), THI, and PPD.The applied methodology, using the EsConTer index, proved to be an interesting method for easily studying thermal environments and predicting the thermal comfort of an indoor space. Moreover, the representation of thermal indexes in colour maps is an informative approach, prompting recommendations and development actions with the aim of providing more comfortable, safer, and healthier work conditions, and minimizing occupational disorders. Indeed, the practical results were appreciated by the Health and Safety Department of each industry in order to develop measures that improve the occupational health of the occupants to prevent work accidents and work-related disorders.Accordingly, the methodology applied in this work, using a colour scale with the EsConTer index, proposes a new, simplified model for thermal stress risk evaluation, aiming to minimize difficult and time-consuming investigations to identify thermal comfort problems in workplaces. The coloured maps generated by MatLab algorithms proved to be a useful tool to visualize the thermal pattern of an environment, and consequently to identify thermal comfort problems.

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Participatory ergonomics intervention for improving human and production outcomes of a Brazilian furniture company

Cited by 56 publications

References 38 publications

The moderating role of just‐in‐time on sociotechnical practices' effect over quality and workers' health

The moderating role of just‐in‐time on sociotechnical practices' effect over quality and workers' health

A symbiotic relationship between Lean Production and Ergonomics: insights from Industrial Engineering final year projects

A new simplified model for evaluating thermal environment and thermal sensation: An approach to avoid occupational disorders

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