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The poor ergonomic conditions in the workplaces, particularly assembly line might cause more errors and deviations, which consequently reduce the quality of products in the manufacturing industry. The question is whether better ergonomic conditions could reduce errors and increase the quality of products.
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Why is it important?
The costs of errors and quality deviations are increasingly high in the manufacturing industry. The manufacturing industries search the methods to reduce these errors. Ergonomics is a modality that could not only prevent MSDs but also reduce costs.
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This page is a summary of: Does Ergonomics Improve Product Quality and Reduce Costs? A Review Article, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, April 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20623.
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