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Does Ergonomics Improve Product Quality and Reduce Costs? A Review Article
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Competition is an ongoing challenge confronting industrial corporations, particularly automobile manufacturing. Striving to improve product quality and productivity, automotive industries have used different quality management approaches, such as reduced variability, total quality management, and lean management, over recent years. Furthermore, incorporating proactive ergonomics such as physical and organizational ergonomics and psychosocial factors into the structure of a company is considered to be a support for productivity and quality. Several studies have shown the effects of ergonomics on better quality. Application of both quality management approaches and ergonomics in an integrated manner in the manufacturing production system is emphasized because they are similar concepts with the same objectives, that is, to improve efficiency. In this study, a comprehensive review was undertaken and 25 studies were reviewed in order to define how integration of an ergonomic approach in the manufacturing production system can reduce defects and improve quality in the production process.
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Low-cost physical ergonomic interventions in an electronics company produced a 30% reduction in errors in the factory and an 11% reduction at customer sites.
“According to Yeow and Sen, they demonstrated in an electronics company that low-cost physical ergonomic interventions can produce a 30% reduction in errors in the factory and an 11% reduction at customer sites.”
From Analysis of the Application of Ergonomics to Increase Productivity in Manufacturing Companies: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2023) · cites this paper as Zare et al., 2016
Productivity increased by 50% and the factory increased profits by $950,000 per year.
“Productivity increased by 50% and the factory increased profits by $950,000 per year (as cited in Zare et al., 2016, p. 13).”
From Analysis of the Application of Ergonomics to Increase Productivity in Manufacturing Companies: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2023) · cites this paper as Zare et al., 2016
Integrating ergonomics into a lean production system in a Brazilian automobile factory increased productivity.
“There was also a decrease in absenteeism and accidents and an increase in productivity (as cited in Zare et al., 2016, p. 14).”
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Integrating ergonomics into a lean production system in a Brazilian automobile factory decreased absenteeism and accidents.
“There was also a decrease in absenteeism and accidents and an increase in productivity (as cited in Zare et al., 2016, p. 14).”
From Analysis of the Application of Ergonomics to Increase Productivity in Manufacturing Companies: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2023) · cites this paper as Zare et al., 2016
Integrating ergonomics into a lean production system in a Brazilian automobile factory increased the percentage of vehicles without rework from 48% to 78%.
“According to Vieira et al. after integrating ergonomics into a lean production system in a Brazilian automobile factory, it was found that the percentage of vehicles without rework increased from 48% to 78%.”
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Marchisio, R. A. O., & Collao-Díaz, M. F. (2023) · Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management · doi:10.46254/au02.20230240
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- Authors
- Zare, M., Croq, M., Hossein‐Arabi, F., Brunet, R., & Roquelaure, Y.
- Affiliations
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (IR)
- Occupational Medicine Safety and Health Department, SCANIA Production Angers SAS Anger France
- Département de l'Ergonomie Groupe PSA Peugeot‐Citroën Paris France
- Laboratory of Ergonomics and Epidemiology in Occupational Health (LEEST), LUNAM University University of Angers Angers France
- Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Zare, Mohsen
- Venue
- Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-04-25
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 205-223
- ISSN
- 1090-8471 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6564
- OpenAlex
- W2100186414
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- LEEST
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Safety Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management Systems and Quality Improvement
- Keywords
- human factors, product quality, cost reduction, automotive manufacturing, total quality management, lean manufacturing, defect reduction, psychosocial factors, organizational ergonomics, physical ergonomics, manufacturing productivity
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