Does Ergonomics Improve Product Quality and Reduce Costs? A Review Article

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 205-223

  Zare, Mohsen ^a,b,e   Croq, Michel ^c   Hossein Arabi, Farhad ^d   Brunet, Rene ^a   Roquelaure, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SCANIA Production Angers SAS   (France)

^d CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Ergonomic approach; Errors; Product quality

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; ERRORS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; LEAN MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ERGONOMICS; PROACTIVE ERGONOMICS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; REDUCE COSTS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84960088314     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20623     Document Type: Article

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