Considerations of the Mental Workload in Socio-Technical Systems in the Manufacturing Industry

2022 ◽  
pp. 66-84
Author(s):  
Manuel Alejandro Barajas Bustillos ◽  
Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Juan Luis Hernández Arellano ◽  
Liliana Avelar Sosa
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
Area Of Application

As cognitive tasks have displaced physical tasks in today's manufacturing industry, this sector can demand high levels of mental workload from workers. In certain situations, there is a high cognitive load, which affects operators reducing their attention to the task and causing them mental fatigue and distractions, resulting in errors that generate economic costs or even injuries to workers. This literature review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding the use of mental workload in the manufacturing sector. The methodology consisted of conducting a search in four databases. In the search, a combination of keywords was used, classifying each journal according to the mental workload evaluation means, the type of evaluation, and the area of application. Articles not focusing on the manufacturing area were discarded. Of the total of 3839 articles found, 12 have been selected. Regarding the methods used for mental load assessment, the analytic techniques were found to be the most frequently used.

Considerations of the Mental Workload in Socio-Technical Systems in the Manufacturing Industry

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Manuel Alejandro Barajas Bustillos ◽  
Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Juan Luis Hernández Arellano ◽  
Liliana Avelar Sosa
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
Area Of Application

As cognitive tasks have displaced physical tasks in today's manufacturing industry, this sector can demand high levels of mental workload from workers. In certain situations, there is a high cognitive load, which affects operators reducing their attention to the task and causing them mental fatigue and distractions, resulting in errors that generate economic costs or even injuries to workers. This literature review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding the use of mental workload in the manufacturing sector. The methodology consisted of conducting a search in four databases. In the search, a combination of keywords was used, classifying each journal according to the mental workload evaluation means, the type of evaluation, and the area of application. Articles not focusing on the manufacturing area were discarded. Of the total of 3839 articles found, 12 have been selected. Regarding the methods used for mental load assessment, the analytic techniques were found to be the most frequently used.

Work Stress and Psychosocial Factors in the Manufacturing Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-48
Author(s):  
Mónica Gabriela Gutiérrez Hernández ◽  
Rosa María Reyes Martínez ◽  
Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macias ◽  
Jaime Sánchez Leal ◽  
Jorge De La Riva Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Area Of Application

Companies are in constant search of greater productivity and better use of resources; however, they have neglected the human being. In this regard, it is important to analyze the presence of the psychosocial factors to which workers are exposed at all levels. These factors exert both a positive and a negative influence and indeed turn into a risk when they are not in balance with worker capabilities. This literature review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the psychosocial factors present in the manufacturing industries. The methodology consisted of conducting a search in two databases in addition to government pages. A combination of keywords was used for the search, and each publication was classified according to the factors analyzed, the type of evaluation, and the area of application. Out of all 2,468 publications found, eight were selected. Finally, work-related psychosocial factors were found to be the most analyzed.

Work Stress and Psychosocial Factors in the Manufacturing Industry

2022 ◽  
pp. 1367-1391
Author(s):  
Mónica Gabriela Gutiérrez Hernández ◽  
Rosa María Reyes Martínez ◽  
Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macias ◽  
Jaime Sánchez Leal ◽  
Jorge De La Riva Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Area Of Application

Companies are in constant search of greater productivity and better use of resources; however, they have neglected the human being. In this regard, it is important to analyze the presence of the psychosocial factors to which workers are exposed at all levels. These factors exert both a positive and a negative influence and indeed turn into a risk when they are not in balance with worker capabilities. This literature review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the psychosocial factors present in the manufacturing industries. The methodology consisted of conducting a search in two databases in addition to government pages. A combination of keywords was used for the search, and each publication was classified according to the factors analyzed, the type of evaluation, and the area of application. Out of all 2,468 publications found, eight were selected. Finally, work-related psychosocial factors were found to be the most analyzed.

scholarly journals Understanding barriers to circular economy: cases from the manufacturing industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjoern Jaeger ◽  
Arvind Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Design And Production

PurposeMost companies include a commitment for sustainable growth involving a switch towards the circular economy (CE) model. The purpose of this paper is to present barriers to CE adoption identified by a literature review. The paper also addresses the particular challenges faced by manufacturers by answering the research question: What are the dominant barriers faced by the manufacturing industry in moving towards a CE?Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a literature review of research identifying barriers for adopting to CE in the manufacturing sector. The literature review is followed by a case study identifying barriers to CE as seen by ten companies within manufacturing, including the GS1 global information standardisation agency used by all manufacturers.FindingsThe manufacturers investigated focus mostly on recycling and waste reduction. These policies have low or very low CE effect. High CE effect policies like maintenance and reuse targeting the CE ideal of no waste, are nearly non-existent. The results identified seven main barriers to the CE: (1) high start-up costs, (2) complex supply chains, (3) challenging business-to-business (B2B) cooperation, (4) lack of information on product design and production, (5) lack of technical skills, (6) quality compromise and (7) disassembly of products is time-consuming and expensive.Research limitations/implicationsThe data come from participants in a single country, Norway, although the manufacturers are multinational companies adhering to enterprise policies.Practical implicationsThis research shows that all the companies interviewed are well aware of the growing need for their company to move towards more sustainable operations involving CE concepts. The barriers identified are explored, and the findings could guide such companies in their efforts to move to maintenance, reuse, remanufacture and recycle (M+3R) operational model.Social implicationsThe study has found that the major barriers for implementation of CE are quality issues in recycled materials, supply chain complexities, coordination problems between companies, design and production of the product, disassembly of products and high start-up/ investment costs.Originality/valueThe research shows how the transition towards a CE takes place in manufacturing industries by studying the manufacturing sector.

M. A. Ayuh. Made in Jamaica: The Development of Manufacturing Sector. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1981. xxii+128 pp.

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-95
Author(s):  
Najam-us- Saqib
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
Caribbean Country ◽  
Bauxite Ore ◽  
Made In

Jamaica, known in the world for her rich deposits of bauxite ore, is a small Caribbean country with an area of 10991 square kilometers and a population of just over two million individuals. This beautifu11and, which was described by Columbus as "The fairest isle that eyes have beheld" has developed a remarkably diversified manufacturing sector starting from a modest industrial base. Jamaica's manufacturing industry enjoyed a respectable growth rate of about 6 percent per annum during the good old days of the euphoric '50s and '60s. However, those bright sunny days ''when to live was bliss" were followed by the chilling winter of much subdued progress. The rise and fall of growth have aroused considerable interest among economists and policy• makers. The book under review probes the causes of this behaviour by analysing key characteristics of Jamaican manufacturing sector and tracing its path of evolution.

Pilot study of office employee informational mental workload

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 866-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Zuev ◽  
M. M. Nekrasova ◽  
T. N. Vasiyleva
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Speed Of Information Processing ◽  
Professional Stress ◽  
Stress Fatigue

Introduction. Development of methodical base of information hygiene, systematization of data on levels of information loadings and degree of their influence on working conditions of workers is actual.The purpose of the study was to measure and evaluate the levels of information mental load of office workers, to study the patterns of development of adverse functional States in this professional group.Materials and methods. The pilot study included 25 employees of scientific and educational institutions aged 25 to 65 years. Measurement of information mental load of workers was carried out on the basis of a point assessment. Psychodiagnostics of performance of participants of research was carried out by means of a package of standard techniques. Heart rate telemetry was carried out in employees in the conditions of professional activity.Results. The integral indicator of information mental load of the studied professional group was 37.3±7.2 points and was in direct connection with the coefficient of comfort of the workplace (r=0.5, p=0.01). A reliable dependence of the speed of information processing on the length of work experience (r=0.71, p=0.0001) was also established. In the low-stress group, high indices of stress, fatigue, monotony were recorded in the workers, in the senior group — signs of chronic fatigue. The employees during the shift registered an increase in sympathetic activation.Conclusions. The results of the psychophysiological survey of employees indicate the need to regulate the information load, the development and implementation of preventive measures to reduce professional stress.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Environmental Regulation’s Impact on Green Technological Progress—Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1600
Author(s):  
Weijiang Liu ◽  
Mingze Du ◽  
Yuxin Bai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Biased Technological Change ◽  
Chinese Manufacturing Industry

As the world’s largest developing country, and as the home to many of the world’s factories, China plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of the world economy regarding environmental protection, energy conservation, and emission reduction issues. Based on the data from 2003–2015, this paper examined the green total factor productivity and the technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry. A slack-based measure (SBM) Malmquist productivity index was used to measure the bias of technological change (BTC), input-biased technological change (IBTC), and output-biased technological change (OBTC) by decomposing the technological progress. It also investigated the mechanism of environmental regulation, property right structure, enterprise-scale, energy consumption structure, and other factors on China’s technological progress bias. The empirical results showed the following: (1) there was a bias of technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry during the research period; (2) although China’s manufacturing industry’s output tended to become greener, it was still characterized by a preference for overall CO2 output; and (3) the impact of environmental regulations on the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological progress had a significant threshold effect. The flexible control of environmental regulatory strength will benefit the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological development. (4) R&D investment, export delivery value, and structure of energy consumption significantly contributed to promoting technological progress. This study provides further insight into the sustainable development of China’s manufacturing sector to promote green-biased technological progress and to achieve the dual goal of environmental protection and healthy economic growth.

scholarly journals Exploring Environmental and Economic Costs and Benefits of a Forest-Based Circular Economy: A Literature Review

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Dimitra C. Lazaridou ◽  
Anastasios Michailidis ◽  
Marios Trigkas
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Forest Ecosystem Services

The role of a forest sector in the transition to a circular economy (CE) is critical. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to summarize the main findings of the most important published articles and to provide insights on the interdisciplinary space at the interface of concepts related to a forest-based CE. Moreover, it attempts to assess the challenges raised from adopting the CE in forest sector. Through a systematic literature review, 69 scientific publications were selected and evaluated by two sights: (i) a descriptive analysis and (ii) a cluster analysis of the keywords related to the forest-based CE. The study highlights the need for additional survey on optimizing the interaction between forest ecosystem services and circular economy. Further discussion is also needed about the relations of the key factors associated with the forest-based circular economy, as they emerged from the cluster analysis and the co-occurrence network map.

The Demographics of Trade-Affected Services and Manufacturing Workers (1987–1990): A Comparative Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-67
Author(s):  
Bartholomew Armah
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
College Education ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Industry Group ◽  
White Males ◽  
Group A

Using input-output data for 1987 and 1990, this study identifies the demographic characteristics of trade-affected workers in U.S. manufacturing and service industries. Trade-affected workers are defined as employees in industries that experienced a change (positive or negative) in net total (direct and indirect) trade-related employment between 1987 and 1990. For the period 1987–1990, three industry categories were examined: (a) industries that experienced an increase in positive net trade-related employment; (b) industries that experienced a decline in positive net trade-related employment; and (c) industries that suffered net trade-related employment losses in both years yet experienced an improvement over the period. The study finds that, while manufacturing industry workers in the most favorably affected industry group (i.e., group “a”) were more likely to be highly skilled (i.e., scientists & engineers), highly educated (i.e., over four years of college education), unionized, married and white males, corresponding service sector workers were predominantly unskilled (laborers), less educated, non-unionized, young (i.e., aged 16–24) and male (black and white). Furthermore, the service sector was associated with greater mean trade-related employment and output gains and lower mean employment and output losses than was the manufacturing sector.

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