Proplanner: Internet & Intranet Based Process Engineering

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Ergonomics

Proplanner's ergonomics module allows for the input of custom ergonomics risk factor assessment forms. Once these have been filled out they can be assigned to operations, activities, or locations within the BOM and tracked for future risk factor analysis.

These tools are invaluable to the manufacturing industry due to the rising costs of time and money wasted because of worker injury. This kind of assessment is a powerful tool in protecting your workers.

Ergonomics Features

Ergonomics assessments are a checklist to determine the ergonomic risk of a workstation.
Link ergonomics assessments to
- Activities
- Operations
- Locations
Proplanner is loaded with default assessment forms, and users can change these or add their own using simple HTML formatting.
Proplanner maintains prior ergonomics assessments online for future reference and comparison.
Improve the ability to perform quick ergonomics assessments and maintain safety compliance (often as required by insurance companies).

Ergonomics Benefits

Save money on industrial insurance by maintaining an accurate and up-to-date assessment of your workplaces and tasks.
Improve industrial relations with the workforce by providing access to workplace evaluations instantly and effortlessly.
Integrate your ergonomics assessment with your Operation/Activity definition in order to save time and effort in having to re-evaluate processes, equipment and process times when you are trying to launch the project/product.