Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries

The purpose of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is to facilitate discovery, integration, and application of scientific knowledge about human aspects of manufacturing, and to provide a forum for worldwide dissemination of such knowledge for its application and benefit to manufacturing industries. The journal covers a broad spectrum of ergonomics and human factors issues with a focus on the design, operation and management of contemporary manufacturing systems, both in the shop floor and office environments, in the quest for manufacturing agility, i.e. enhancement and integration of human skills with hardware performance for improved market competitiveness, management of change, product and process quality, and human-system reliability. The inter- and cross-disciplinary nature of the journal allows for a wide scope of issues relevant to manufacturing system design and engineering, human resource management, social, organizational, safety, and health issues. Examples of specific subject areas of interest include: implementation of advanced manufacturing technology, human aspects of computer-aided design and engineering, work design, compensation and appraisal, selection training and education, labor-management relations, agile manufacturing and virtual companies, human factors in total quality management, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics of workplace, equipment and tool design, ergonomics programs, guides and standards for industry, automation safety and robot systems, human skills development and knowledge enhancing technologies, reliability, and safety and worker health issues.

制造业和服务业的人为因素和人类工效学的目的是促进发现、整合和应用有关制造业人的方面的科学知识，并为全球传播此类知识提供一个论坛，使其应用于制造业并对制造业有利。该杂志涵盖了广泛的人机工程学和人为因素问题，重点关注当代制造系统的设计、操作和管理，包括车间和办公环境，以追求制造的灵活性，即增强和整合人的技能和硬件性能，以改善市场。竞争力、变更管理、产品和过程质量以及人的系统可靠性。该期刊跨学科和跨学科的性质使其能够处理与制造系统设计和工程、人力资源管理、社会、组织、安全和健康问题相关的广泛问题。特定主题领域的例子包括：先进制造技术的实施、计算机辅助设计和工程的人的方面、工作设计、薪酬和评估、选择培训和教育、劳动管理关系、敏捷制造和虚拟公司、全面质量管理中的人为因素。耳鼻喉科，预防与工作有关的肌肉骨骼疾病，工作场所的人体工程学，设备和工具设计，人体工程学程序，工业指南和标准，自动化安全和机器人系统，人类技能开发和知识增强技术，可靠性，安全和工人健康问题。