The Influence of Poor Assembly Ergonomics on Product Quality: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in Car Manufacturing
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2010

The study aimed at analyzing the relationship between assembly ergonomics, assemblability (“ease of assembly”), and product quality and at quantifying these relationships in economic terms. This was in order to better to support the development of more ergonomic product and assembly solutions, particularly at early stages of the car development process. The assembly of 24,443 cars was studied for 8 weeks in an assembly plant and for another 16 weeks as factory-complete vehicles. The results show increased risks for quality errors of 3.0 and 3.7 times and total action costs that were 8.7 times and 8.2 times higher for high and medium physical load assemblies compared to low physical load assemblies for 55 tasks assessed.

cost-benefit

economics

productivity

manufacturing

ergonomics

quality impact

Författare

Ann-Christine Falck

Chalmers, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling, Produktionssystem

Roland Örtengren

Chalmers, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling, Produktionssystem

Dan Högberg

Högskolan i Skövde

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

1090-8471 (ISSN) 1520-6564 (eISSN)

Vol. 20 1 24-41 (2010)

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

DOI

10.1002/hfm.20172

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