A model for developing job rotation schedules that eliminate sequential high workloads and minimize between-worker variability in cumulative daily workloads: Application to automotive assembly lines

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-15

  Yoon, Sang Young ^a   Ko, Jeonghan ^a   Jung, Myung Chul ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assembly line; Cumulative workload; Job rotation; Musculoskeletal disorder; REBA

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COST ENGINEERING; DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

ASSEMBLY LINE; CUMULATIVE WORKLOAD; JOB ROTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; REBA;

ROTATION;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JOB ROTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; BIOENGINEERING; CAR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTOMOBILES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84960926038     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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