Productivity and quality improvements, revenue increment, and rejection cost reduction in the manual component insertion lines through the application of ergonomics

The impact of poor assembly ergonomics on product quality: A cost–benefit analysis in car manufacturing

“…Hendrick (2003) gives several examples of improved product quality and cost savings based on improved workstation design, reduced absenteeism, reduced staff turnover, and so forth. Many reports have demonstrated positive effects on productivity after improvements of ergonomics conditions, for example, Yeow and Nath Sen (2006); Das, Shikdar, and Winters, (2007); and Mykonalis (2007). Therefore, to rate the health risks, the physical load level is classified according to the following criteria in the studied automotive company: High load (risk) level = high physical stress with harmful impact of work on the body.…”

Effects of two ergonomic improvements in brazing coils of air-handler units

“…Only three RULA assessments were conducted on one operator. This is similar to limitations in many field experiments such as Yeow and Sen's (2006) experiments on component insertion lines due to the limited number of manual operators in the factory. Therefore, large sample size intervention studies could not be conducted.…”

Ergonomics improvement in a harsh environment using an audio feedback system

“…This was followed by unstructured interviews (Yeow and Sen, 2006) conducted to ascertain the major problems in the freezer distribution center. Direct observations (DOs) (Bisantz and Drury, 2005) were made to further investigate the problems.…”