Productivity and ergonomic risk in human based production systems: A job-rotation scheduling model

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 471-477

  Mossa, G ^a   Boenzi, F ^a   Digiesi, S ^a   Mummolo, G ^a   Romano, V A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive; Human workload balancing; Job rotation; Mathematical programming; OCRA; UL WMSDs

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; ROTATION; SCHEDULING;

AUTOMOTIVE; JOB ROTATION; OCRA; UL-WMSDS; WORKLOAD BALANCING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84949569168     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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