Mejias Herrera, SH and Huaccho Huatuco, LD (2012) Macroergomonics’ contribution to the effectiveness of collaborative supply chains. In: WORK. 18th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA 2012), 12-16 Feb 2012, Recife, Brazil. IOS Press , pp. 2695-2700.
Abstract
This article presents a conceptual model that combines Macroergonomics and Supply chain. The authors combine their expertise on these individual topics, building on their previous research. The argument of the paper is that human factors are key to achieve effective supplier-customer collaboration. A conceptual model is presented, its elements and their interactions are explained. The Content-Context-Process is applied as a departing point to this model. Macroergonomics aspects considered are: a systemic approach, participatory ergonomics, formation of ergonomics teams and evaluation of ergonomics projects. The expected outcomes are: (a) improvement of production and productivity levels, (b) improvement of the product quality, (c) Reduction of absenteeism, (d) Improvement in the quality of work life (from the employees’ perspective), and (e) increase in the employees’ contribution rate of ideas for improvement. A case study was carried out at a vitroplant production organisation incorporating environmental aspects to obtain sustainable benefits.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2012 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in WORK. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Macroergonomics, supplier-customer collaboration, effectiveness |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2016 14:33 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 23:04 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-0513-2695 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOS Press |
Identification Number: | 10.3233/WOR-2012-0513-2695 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87116 |