Design for human factors (DfHF): a grounded theory for integrating human factors into production design processes

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1529-1546

  Village, Judy ^a,b   Searcy, Cory ^a   Salustri, Filipo ^a   Patrick Neumann, W ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

design; human factors; macro ergonomics; manufacturing; theory

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENGINEERS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DESIGN OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; MACRO-ERGONOMICS; THEORY;

DESIGN;

BENCHMARKING; BIOENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONICS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 84940440789     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1022232     Document Type: Article

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