Job Redesign Needs for Aged Workers.
The aim of this paper is to explore and present a proposal for redesigning elements of the workplace for agech workers. The method of research was to observe, record, and measure the actions of sitting workers performing assembly operations on electrical products in the Kani Plant Nagoya Works of Mitsubishi Electric Co. (Japan). The evaluation index used in the experiment was obtained by measuring time motion elements, cycle time per product, and motion velocity waves of elderly workers. Those motion characteristics were then compared to the motion characteristics of young workers. The results led to job redesign elements being identified to reduce handling factors of high difficulty for aged workers and to the necessity to consider a coefficient of correction in Method Time Measurement (MTM) according to differences in the manufactured object's weight.
Kawakami
Mitsuyuki
M
a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology , Japan.
Inoue
Fumihiko
F
b Nittsu Research Center, Inc ., Japan.
Ohkubo
Takao
T
c Nihon University , Japan.
Ueno
Toshio
T
d Kanagawa University , Japan.