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The footwear factory’s assembly sector: opposing organizational structure and quality from the ergonomic work analysis

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Silva, Kláudia M.M.N. | Coelho, Bernardo G.P. | Junior, Josemir V.S. | Faria, Luiz F.M. | Dutra, Ludmila | Alvarenga, Marília | Roggini, Renan | de Oliveira Echternach, Eliza Helena

Affiliations: Laboratório Integrado de Engenharia de Produção (LIPES), sala 3300, Production Engineering department, Engeneeting School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), President Antonio Carlos Avenue 6627, Univerrsity Campus, Pampulha. CEP 31.270.901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Production Engineering Department, Engineering School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), President Antonio Carlos Avenue 6627, University Campus, Pampulha. CEP 31.270.901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Note: [] Corresponding author: [email protected]

Keywords: Taylorism/Fordism, Operacional Performance, Assembly Line

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0645-1683

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 1683-1690, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

Data from 2006 indicated that Brazilian footwear leather industry was composed of approximately 9,488 formally registered establishments, considering the leather industry, footwear and leather goods. It was responsible for 211,582 people employed. However, in spite of having many employees, this kind of organization found several problems when analyzed from the ergonomics view. With this premise, then, in order to identify bottlenecks and other engineering problems that could cause discomfort and motivation lack among workers, leading directly to the loss of the product quality, the assembly sector of women’s shoes factory was characterized.

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