‘Ergonomics’ in simple term means ‘the study of the efficiency of persons in their working environment’. Both in Europe and the United States, the use of principles to improve efficiency in the workplace began around the turn of the twentieth century, but it was only in 1949 when the term ‘ergonomics’ was first adopted. ‘Ergonomics’ is the science behind posture and risk analysis of workers, understanding the reasons for repetitive strain injuries and workplace re-engineering for a healthy and thus a productive organisation.
Ergonomics in the garment industry imparts knowledge on ergonomics and safety at work in the garment manufacturing industry. Chapters discuss ergonomics development; divisions of ergonomics; ergonomic conditions of work; ergonomic principles; and ergonomic design of the workplace.
This volume discusses the relevance of different ergonomic principles in fashion, lifestyle, and accessory design. Written in a simple and concise language, the book makes the subject interesting to those unfamiliar with the technicalities in ergonomics. The contents provide a broad overview of the relevance of ergonomics in fashion design, and touches upon the systems aspects of ergonomics in fashion design. It also includes ergonomic issues like dimensions, adornment of different body parts, thermoregulation through clothing. The volume highlights the application of ergonomics in different domains of fashion (sports, medicine, etc) followed by ergonomic issues in fashion designing for elderly and the disabled. Ergonomic issues in fashion design for different context like crowded places, mass transportation etc are also discussed. This volume will be of interest to those in academia and industry alike.
The book discusses the importance of ergonomics in the garment industry, with a detailed scientific analysis and examples from the industry. Application of ergonomics through the standardization of micro and macro environments in the garment industry provides an example of how design impacts the present and future processes; increases the efficiency and productivity of production; and improves the health, safety, and comfort of people in the working environment.
Each year public awareness of the importance of ergonomics for improving people's working conditions and home environment increases, as the application of ergonomics brings more and more tangible benefits to society at large. The Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 1993, sponsored by the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research brought together more than 200 ergonomic professionals from North America, Europe and Asia to present over 120 research papers, in a quest to share their knowledge of new developments in design for people and improving safety at work.; This volume is a reference on the variety of problems that industrial and office workers face today, and moreover, offers solutions in the drive towards the safe workplace.
This book reports the most recent, advanced, successful, and real applications of ergonomics in order to improve the human well-being and performance in a short term, as well as the organizational performance in a long term. The book is organized as follows: Physical Ergonomics. This section reports case studies where physical risk factors are presented in the workplace, such as physical risk factors including uncomfortable body postures, repetitive movements, force application, manual material handling, and physical environmental conditions. In addition, case studies must report applications from physical ergonomics methods, for instance, RULA, REBA, OWAS, NIOSH, JSI, Suzane Rodgers, ERIN, among others. Cognitive Ergonomics. This section reports the implementation of ergonomic tools, techniques, and methods in real case studies. These applications are aimed to know, decrease, and control cognitive and psychological risk factors, such as mental workload, information processing, situation awareness, human error identification, and interface analysis. These applications may include the following methods NASA-TLX, SWAT, CWA, SHERPA, HET, TAFEI, SAGAT, SART, SACRI, QUIS, SUMI, to mention a few of them. Macro-ergonomics. This section is focused on the analysis, design, and evaluation of work systems. It reports case studies where risk factors are beyond a specific workstation. These risk factors may include supervision styles, teamwork management, task variety, social relationships, organizational culture, organizational communication, technology, work schedules, and motivation, among others. In addition, case studies report the application of macro-ergonomic methods, such as MOQS, focus group, participatory ergonomics, HITOP, MAS, and MEAD, among others.
Apparel Engineering is a term to explain the industrial engineering activities to be used in Apparel Production process, this will include methods to reduce Man, Machine and Material wastage in the Apparel Production process, it includes selection of right tools and machines, training to the operators for quality and fast production, material management, ergonomics to use in apparel industry, methods development and advanced production planning and development of method study and Workstudy applications in production process, Line balancing to product handling. The whole booklet is capsuled to easy knowledge by reducing long theories. Maximum real time data from industry are used to generate and explain the calculations so that the methods can easily be adapted to industries by their industrial Engineers. I this book, author has tried to explain the ideas of, Wastages, Facility Layout and Material Planning, Material Flow system, Plant Layouts, Factory layout, Economics of Material Handling, Production Systems, Capacity planning, Marker Planning & cutting, Processing of fabric faults, Marker utilisation, Cut order planning, Workstudy Procedures, Micromotion studies, Production studies, Work Measurement Techniques, Performance rating, Allowances, Industrial Ergonomics, Principles of Motion Economy, Production Planning Process, Line Planning, Capacity Planning, Line Balancing, WIP, Scheduling Orders, Manufacturing Lead Time, Load Levelling, Scheduling Bottlenecks, Operation Scheduling, Production Reporting, Job evaluation & Compensation, Designing wage structure, Incentive plan etc This book will serve as one best reference to the Apparel Engineers in the garment industry, asl well as learners and professions.
The author skillfully links the theory & practice of ergonomics in industrial environments, using case studies taken from the workplace. The revised second edition offers an expanded chapter on physical ergonomics, updated statistics for cumulative trauma disorders, & a revised NIOSH lifting equation.
