Smart workstation design: An ergonomics and methods engineering approach

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-374

  Shikdar, Ashraf A ^a   Al Hadhrami, Mohamed A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Assembly tasks; Ergonomic design; Ergonomically designed workstation; Flexible workstation; Worker productivity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASSEMBLY TASK; FLEXIBLE WORKSTATION; SMART WORKSTATION;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 34447563615     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2007.013184     Document Type: Article

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