Development of a software package for ergonomic assessment of manufacturing industry

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 485-493

  Shikdar, Ashraf ^a   Al Araimi, Saeed ^a   Omurtag, Bill ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment procedure; Ergonomic deficiency; Ergonomics; Manufacturing industry; Software package

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERGONOMICS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT TOOLS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0036721760     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(02)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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