IT-based Job enlargement system for aging workers

Journal of Japan Industrial Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 460-470

  Kawakami, Mitsuyuki ^a   Kajihara, Yasuhiro ^b   Ukai, Takayoshi ^c   Izumi, Hiroyuki ^d   Sanbayashi, Yousuke ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Manual assembly; Virtual reality; Work intensive operation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

JOB-ENLARGEMENT SYSTEM; MANUAL ASSEMBLY; WORK INTENSIVE OPERATION;

JOB ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645831342     PISSN: 13422618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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