Abstract
Enterprises face the challenge to design their processes in a rational way. This includes the reduction of physical loads in manual work, to name just one aspect. The German MTM Association (Deutsche MTM-Vereinigung e. V., DMTMV) develops methods and defines standards that support work design. Not least because of the demographic change in industrialized countries methods that consider ergonomic aspects in addition to purely time-related viewpoints gain more and more importance. Therefore, human work design should be based on both ergonomic and time-related aspects.
EAWS (Ergonomic Assessment Worksheet) is a method for the ergonomic assessment of work processes. This paper first describes the standardized dissemination of this method. It then explains how the method can be automated by using motion capture technologies. Finally, the new method MTM-HWD® is briefly introduced. With this method, an ergonomic and time-related assessment of work processes is possible simultaneously.
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Benter, M., Kuhlang, P. (2019). Human Work Design: Modern Approaches for Designing Ergonomic and Productive Work in Times of Digital Transformation – An International Perspective. In: Nunes, I. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 781. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94334-3_34
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