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Scope of Improvement in Assembly-line of FMCG Industries through Ergonomic Design

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In the industry 4.0 era, the assembly-line work forms the basis of various manufacturing industries, viz. the automotive, the electronic component manufacturing, and the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). FMCG assembly-lines are distinct from the automotive and the electronic component manufacturing assembly-lines. These are high paced, and semi-automatic in nature and comprises short-cycled repetitive work. The researchers and engineers have taken several different approaches to improve the assembly-line related work in automotive and electronic component manufacturing industries, from a design and ergonomics perspective. However, very little is known about such design and ergonomic interventions pertaining to FMCG assembly-lines. This paper aims to find out to what extent the same/similar approaches associated with ergonomic design interventions applied in assembly-line work in diverse industrial sectors can be adopted/applied to the FMCG sector to improve productivity and OSH following the state-of-the-art literature review. Hence, the current paper assesses the need and determines the scope of ‘Ergonomic Design Interventions’ in assembly-line-related work in the FMCG sector. In this paper, authors have emphasized and advocated implementing ergonomic principles in assembly-line work of the FMCG sector in conjunction with productivity enhancement tools/techniques to ensure enhanced OSH and productivity.

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Singh, G., Karmakar, S. (2021). Scope of Improvement in Assembly-line of FMCG Industries through Ergonomic Design. In: Chakrabarti, A., Poovaiah, R., Bokil, P., Kant, V. (eds) Design for Tomorrow—Volume 3. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 223. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0084-5_16

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