Work performance measurement of visual inspectors in the automotive industry by considering ergonomic factors.
Background: Visual inspection workers are always performing under various ergonomic factors and are more vulnerable to the effects of physical and organizational aspects, since their work deals highly with cognitive functions and the impact of ergonomic factors has to be identified in automotive ind...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 384 - 397 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=188321234&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 188321234 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2025 vid: 82 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 188321234 185439061 188321234 188321234 10.1177/10519815251337930 188321234 ppf: 384 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Work performance measurement of visual inspectors in the automotive industry by considering ergonomic factors. aug: au: Murugesan, Mani Thangavelu, Ramesh Babu Komalanathan, Vimalanathan affil: Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India sug: subj: Ergonomics Job Performance Automobiles Manufacturing Industry Supervisors and Supervision Human Experimental Studies Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Cognition Hypothesis Neuropsychological Tests Male Female Adult Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Background: Visual inspection workers are always performing under various ergonomic factors and are more vulnerable to the effects of physical and organizational aspects, since their work deals highly with cognitive functions and the impact of ergonomic factors has to be identified in automotive industries to improve work performance. Objective: To study the combined effect of ergonomic factors that may have an impact on the performance of visual inspection workers in the automotive industry. Methods: In this experimental study combined factors such as postures (standing, sitting, Sit-stand) and work shifts (A shift, B shift, C Shift) have been studied at three levels. The study was conducted among selected employes (n = 10) in the automotive manufacturing industry in 2023. During the study, the visual inspectors' work performance was measured using the error study, and the cognitive functions of visual inspectors' were evaluated by taking the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST). Results: The study established that postures significantly impact work performance at 40.08% and cognitive functions at 36.25%. Work shifts significantly impact work performance with 18.18% and cognitive functions with 26.62% of visual inspectors' in the automotive industry. The combined effect of postures and work shifts has significantly impacted the visual inspectors' performance with 13.29% on work performance and 10.12% on cognitive functions. Conclusions: This study draws the inference that individual and combined factors (Posture and Work shift) both possess a significant impact on the work performance and cognitive functions of visual inspectors' in the automotive manufacturing industry. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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