Evaluation of a low-cost ergonomically designed adjustable assembly workstation

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-166

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

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Adjustable workstation; Assembly task; Ergonomic design; Low cost assembly workstation; Worker performance

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS;

ADJUSTABLE WORKSTATION; ASSEMBLY TASKS; ERGONOMIC DESIGN; LOW COSTS; WORKER PERFORMANCE;

COSTS;

EID: 84857176808     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2012.045178     Document Type: Article

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