Proving external validity of ergonomics and quality relationship through review of real-world case studies

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 949-962

  Erdinç, Oĝuzhan ^a   Yeow, Paul H P ^b  

^a TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

defects reduction; ergonomics intervention; field experiment studies; integration of ergonomics and quality; quality improvement; savings on rejection cost

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PLANTS; CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ERGONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ERGONOMICS INTERVENTION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT STUDIES; FINANCIAL GAINS; HUMAN ERRORS; INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGS; INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS; INSERTION LINES; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MANUFACTURING TASKS; METAL MANUFACTURING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLIES; QUALITY DEFECTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; REAL-WORLD; SAVINGS ON REJECTION COST; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT;

COST REDUCTION; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PRODUCTIVITY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 78650192473     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903555502     Document Type: Article

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