Assembly failures and action cost in relation to complexity level and assembly ergonomics in manual assembly (part 2)

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-459

  Falck, Ann Christine ^a   Örtengren, Roland ^a   Rosenqvist, Mikael ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action cost; Assembly complexity; Assembly ergonomics; Failure; Manual assembly; Quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COSTS; IMAGE QUALITY;

ASSEMBLY QUALITY; CAR MANUFACTURING; COMPLEXITY CRITERIA; COMPLEXITY FACTORS; COMPLEXITY LEVELS; HIGH COMPLEXITY; MANUAL ASSEMBLY; MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COST; ERGONOMICS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANUAL LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84898027833     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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