Human Factors Success Stories in Communications Symposium

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 455-455
Author(s):  
Edmond W. Israelski ◽  
Edmund T. Klemmer ◽  
Jock Ferguson ◽  
Blake Wattenbarger
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Human Factors Research

The purpose of this symposium is to present some examples of successful applications of human factors engineering in the telecommunications industry. All three speakers are distinguished researchers in their fields and make their points on the basis of many years of applying human factors research to the design of telecommunications products and systems. The speakers make the point that the well known optimal time to introduce human factors into a product design is, of course, as early in the design process as possible, but as E. T. Klemmer points out in one example human factors can contribute to a successful product even at later stages of a product's life-cycle. In summary, human factors' specialists can learn a great deal from the success stories which are described in the following symposium papers.

Human Factors Engineering in the Control Room Design Process of an Engineer/Constructor

1984 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-343
Author(s):  
Philip E. Knobel ◽  
Michael E. Wiklund
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Room Design ◽  
Process Plant ◽  
Management Factors ◽  
Engineering Corporation

Engineer/constructor firms responsible for large process plant engineering, including the human-plant interface, have an emerging need for in-house human factors engineering (HFE) expertise. Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation has met his need through the creation of an HFE group. The group was founded as a small, informal, multidisciplinary organization. In an experimental manner, the group was provided the freedom to define its HFE markets within the firm and the process and power industry. Organizational design and management factors related to the functions and effectiveness of the group are discussed.

An Assessment of Industrial Designers Use of Human Factors Criteria in Product Design Evaluation

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 420-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamran Abedini
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Industrial Designers

In order to know the pattern of actual application of human factors criteria by industrial designers an experiment was conducted by asking 87 students of industrial design to evaluate a CAD workstation after completing a course in “human factors in design”. The guidelines chosen for the evaluation were those related to design of visual displays, controls and workstation layout on the CAD system. Since the main objective was to see how many of the principles had become part of their “common sense” they were asked to evaluate the equipment without any reference to any books/notes. The subject's responses were compared with the human factors guidelines using a Chi-square test (0.05 significance). The results pointed out that industrial designers readily accepted general criteria such as visibility, operability, and accessibility but interpretability of the display was frequently unrecognized. Such information could be used by industrial designers and human factors experts to improve their cooperation in the design process and thus increase the acceptance and marketability of the product.

Ergonomics Implementation, the Right Way and the Wrong Way

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 837-840
Author(s):  
Boris Povlotsky
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
End Users ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
The Right ◽  
Office Environments

This paper illustrates some of author's views of the ergonomics implementation challenges within diverse industries, manufacturing, office environments, and machinery/product design. We intend to analyze and review the roots of problems from different perspectives and recommend which ergonomics approaches are likely to succeed or fail. Most importantly it is imperative to find the actual cause(s) of obstacle(s) - problem(s) before looking for appropriate ergonomics solution(s) and acceptance of ergonomics innovations by end users. The presented material is based on the substantial authors' experiences in human factors engineering and ergonomics, in industry and academia and in various countries. Our objective is to present an integrated view of ergonomics within corporate bureaucracy in the contexts of favorable and unfavorable environments - factors that lead to success or failure.

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