IE 4461 Chapter : Lab 8 Group
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Ie 4461 thursday section 1 part 2. Lab 8 introduces workstation design and shows how it"s important to industrial. Work areas should be comfortable and appropriate for all workers, while offering an arrangement for maximum efficiency. Workers have different body dimensions that need to be considered when designing the workplace. The primary objective of workstation design is to accommodate the workers such that they can work with equipment, machinery, panels, and other people effectively with no health or safety hazard. The specific objectives for this lab are as follows: to be able to apply human factors principles in designing workstation, to analyze and to evaluate existing workstations with specific concentration on workstation dimension and layout. For this lab, students need a measuring tape, paper and pencil. The procedure is as follows: work in a group consisting of three people, select a particular computer workstation, evaluate the workstation with respect to the dimension and layout.
