Proactive assessment of basic complexity in manual assembly: development of a tool to predict and control operator-induced quality errors

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 4248-4260

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

assembly errors; basic manual assembly complexity; complexity analysis; design for assembly; ergonomics; production planning; quality control

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ERGONOMICS; ERRORS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ASSEMBLY ERROR; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; MANUAL ASSEMBLY; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84991030228     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1227103     Document Type: Article

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