Ergonomic weighted scores to evaluate critical instructions for improvements in a printed circuit assembly factory

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-58

  Sen, Rabindra Nath ^a   Yeow, Paul H P ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ERGONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ERGONOMIC WEIGHTED SCORES (EWS);

PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0037412527     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.10027     Document Type: Review

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