Redesigning assembly stations using ergonomic methods as a lean tool

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Eswaramoorthi, M ^a   John, Mervyn ^a   Rajagopal, C Arjun ^a   Prasad, P S S ^a   Mohanram, P V ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cycle time; Lean assembly line; Muri; RULA; Waste

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HUMAN; INDIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EFFICIENCY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77649251223     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0975     Document Type: Article

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