MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE CHANGES IN ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS DUE TO AGING
In the face of the overall demographic change, further trends in long-term planning of production systems should take the heterogeneity of human performance with respect to an aging workforce into account. The demand for short cycle-times of manufacturing processes leads to requirements on workers, with which in general only younger ones can cope. In addition to ergonomic and health aspects, questions about aging workforces regarding systems performance as well as system design arise. Under the assumption of efficiency rate changes, the consequences of an aging workforce for a specified production system can be prognosticated. Building upon the premise of quantitative model, the following article presents a simulation study using a non-commercial, personnel-oriented simulation tool for the prospective evaluation of an assembly system in different planning scenarios. The goal is to facilitate long-term planning as well as the implementation of preventative work design for an aging workforce.
Gert Zülch Marcel Becker Walter Linsenmaier
ifab-Institute of Human and Industrial Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-10
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）