A case study of serial-flow car disassembly: Ergonomics, productivity and potential system performance

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-351

  Kazmierczak, Karolina ^a   Neumann, W Patrick ^b   Winkel, Jørgen ^c,d  

^a Autoliv Sverige AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAFT-TYPE DISASSEMBLY SYSTEM; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; RAILROAD CARS; SPECIFICATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 34447283264     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20078     Document Type: Article

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