Classification and Quantification of Human Error in Manufacturing: A Case Study in Complex Manual Assembly

Manual assembly operations are sensitive to human errors that can diminish the quality of final products. The paper shows an application of human reliability analysis in a realistic manufacturing context to identify where and why manual assembly errors occur. The techniques SHERPA and HEART were use...

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Published in:	Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	Yaniel Torres, Sylvie Nadeau, Kurt Landau
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Subjects:	human reliability analysis manual assembly human error quality ergonomics
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/749