The E/S Tool: IT-support for ergonomic and sociotechnical system design

In March 2000 the European Participative Simulation environment for Integral Manufacturing enterprise renewal (PSIM) project was started. A continuous changing environment in Europe imposes new requirements for assembly management and the role of human factors. This project aims at enabling the ongoing and integral improvement of assembly...

ERGOtool for the integral improvement of ergonomics and process flow in assembly

Manufacturers of manually assembled products are increasingly being forced to improve the flow of assembly orders, together with having more efficient employment, in order to meet increasing demands on short delivery times, high product variety, good quality and low manufacturing costs. At the same time, the human factor is increasingly...

Background of the Ergotool

To support the participatory and integral approach to improve ergonomics and efficiency of production lines, a software tool was developed within the PSIM project. It helps in the description and evaluation of current and future assembly processes. The E/S tool (Ergonomics/Sociotechnics) tool has five modules, lour of which deals with ergonomics...

The E/S tool

PSIM aims at a continuous and integral improvement of assembly processes. The E/S tool was developed to ensure that up-to-date ergonomic and sociotechnical knowledge is considered in these improvement processes. Designed to be used by employees of assembly enterprises, the tool otfers support by means of visualizations and by means of a flexible...