Reducing physical ergonomic risks at assembly lines by line balancing and job rotation: A survey

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 467-480

  Otto, Alena ^a   Battaïa, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Ergonomics; Job rotation scheduling; Survey

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHEDULING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY-LINE WORKERS; JOB ROTATION SCHEDULING; LINE BALANCING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PLANNING STAGES; STATIC POSTURES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 85017529830     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2017.04.011     Document Type: Article

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