Differences between worker pairs in manual assembly: a case study

Jaakko Peltokorpi; Esko Niemi

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.06.120

Differences between worker pairs in manual assembly: a case study

Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Working in pairs is common and often necessary to carry out industrial manual assembly tasks. This paper studies differences in performance that can occur between pairs of workers. Within a case assembly product, activity analysis for each worker in a total of ten pairs and up to four repetitions (learning) is conducted on the basis of video evidence. The results show significant variation in assembly time between the pairs. Repetitions reduce the relative variation, while the ranking of the pairs remains mostly unchanged. In general, the time used for installing parts explain most of the variation between the pairs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeedings of the 8th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS 2018)
Editors	Mauro Onori, Lihui Wang, Xi Vincent Wang, Wei Ji
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	535-542
Number of pages	8
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.06.120
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2018
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Swedish Production Symposium - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 16 May 2018 → 18 May 2018 Conference number: 8

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Name	Procedia Manufacturing
Publisher	Elsevier
Volume	25
ISSN (Electronic)	2351-9789

Conference

Conference	Swedish Production Symposium
Abbreviated title	SPS
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	16/05/2018 → 18/05/2018

Keywords

manual assembly
worker pairs
learning
variation

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Peltokorpi, J & Niemi, E 2018, Differences between worker pairs in manual assembly: a case study. in M Onori, L Wang, XV Wang & W Ji (eds), Proceeedings of the 8th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS 2018). vol. 25, Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 25, Elsevier, pp. 535-542, Swedish Production Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 16/05/2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.06.120

Differences between worker pairs in manual assembly: a case study. / Peltokorpi, Jaakko ; Niemi, Esko.
Proceeedings of the 8th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS 2018). ed. / Mauro Onori; Lihui Wang; Xi Vincent Wang; Wei Ji. Vol. 25 Elsevier, 2018. p. 535-542 (Procedia Manufacturing; Vol. 25).

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