Ergonomics design measures in manual assembly work

2010 2nd International Conference on Engineering System Management and Applications, ICESMA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alzuheri, Atiya ^a   Luong, Lee ^a   Xing, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ergonomics measures; Manual assembly; Musculoskeletal disorder; Productivity; Quality

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; DESIGN PHASE; ERGONOMICS DESIGN; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MANUAL ASSEMBLY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; QUALITY; QUALITY PROBLEMS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; WORK POSTURES; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; WORKING POSTURES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ERGONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVETING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77956593153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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