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Lean and Ergonomics Competencies: Knowledge and Applications

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Human Systems Engineering and Design II (IHSED 2019)

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The paper refers to two components of competencies such as skills and knowledge. Its investigation is directed towards showing lean value and its relation to human. Particularly, it explores lean and ergonomics in reference to the required knowledge and practice which enhance these initiatives as they are highly inter-related. For this aim, an integrating model of lean and ergonomics competencies is shown. It presents these initiatives in different stages of their acquisition.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Strzelecka 11, 60-965, Poznan, Poland

    Beata Mrugalska

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Department of Computer Science, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany

    Stefan Pickl

  4. Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Redha Taiar

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Mrugalska, B. (2020). Lean and Ergonomics Competencies: Knowledge and Applications. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Pickl, S., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design II. IHSED 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_100

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