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

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-377

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

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Component counting; Cost savings; Manual component insertion sequence; Printed circuit assembly

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ERGONOMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPONENT COUNTING; COST SAVINGS; MANUAL COMPONENT INSERTION SEQUENCE; PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRY; MANUAL LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646550575     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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