TY - CHAP AU - Per Lundmark ED - Isabel L. Nunes Y1 - 2012-04-25 PY - 2012 T1 - Higher Efficiency in Operations Can Be Achieved with More Focus on the Operator N2 - This book covers multiple topics of Ergonomics following a systems approach, analysing the relationships between workers and their work environment from different but complementary standpoints. The chapters focused on Physical Ergonomics address the topics upper and lower limbs as well as low back musculoskeletal disorders and some methodologies and tools that can be used to tackle them. The organizational aspects of work are the subject of a chapter that discusses how dynamic, flexible and reconfigurable assembly systems can adequately respond to changes in the market. The chapters focused on Human-Computer Interaction discuss the topics of Usability, User-Centred Design and User Experience Design presenting framework concepts for the usability engineering life cycle aiming to improve the user-system interaction, for instance of automated control systems. Cognitive Ergonomics is addressed in the book discussing the critical thinking skills and how people engage in cognitive work. BT - Ergonomics SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/37050 DO - 10.5772/37050 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -