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Development of a Workstation Assessment APP, Integrating Performance with the Worker’s Health and Well-Being

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Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA 2021)

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The purpose of this paper is the development of a mobile application inspired by a workstation assessment tool that integrates performance with the worker’s health and well-being. This development consists of an improvement of the tool, adapting it to a more current context, promoting its convenience and effectiveness. The tool is called ErgoSafeCI and consists of ten items that are considered essential to have a lean, safe, and ergonomic workplace. This assessment instrument supports the implementation of continuous improvement projects, specifically the implementation of the Lean philosophy, making it possible to monitor throughout the entire process and helping to decide on the focus of improvement in that state. Is outlined the emergence and applicability of lean philosophy, as well as methods and tools based on it.

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Acknowledgement

This work was financially supported by the research unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (UIDB/04058/2020) + (UIDP/04058/2020), funded by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

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  1. Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto - ISEP/IPP, Porto, Portugal

    Pedro C. Ribeiro & Marlene F. Brito

  2. GOVCOPP Research Unit/Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Ana L. Ramos

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  1. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

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  2. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Port, Porto, Portugal

    Ana Maria Madureira

  3. Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Ribeiro, P.C., Brito, M.F., Ramos, A.L. (2022). Development of a Workstation Assessment APP, Integrating Performance with the Worker’s Health and Well-Being. In: Abraham, A., et al. Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications. IBICA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 419. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96299-9_19

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