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The commitment to a more sustainable world in social and environmental terms requires product design and development (PDD) models that will help achieve this goal. Based on a dialogue between theory and practice, this paper presents the reflections that led to such a sociotechnical model, including its main principles: Ergonomics Quality in Design...
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Sustainability is a highly important theme worldwide and currently is being tackled by almost all disciplines. Indeed, the future of humanity is dependent on the actions taken now and in the immediate future. The Ergonomics and Human Factors (E/HF) community has not been indifferent to this issue, and one of the concrete actions adopte...
A systematic theoretical-critical review was conducted to establish conceptual similarities and differences around the postulates of eco-productivity, eco-efficiency, and eco-effectiveness, to contribute to the epistemology of Ergoecology. This document shows the scope of the first review phase, which includes articles from 1989 to 2014, on which r...
This work presents elements for an epistemological approach to the research lines of the proposed Doctorate in Ergonomics in Colombia and how they aim to respond to the context and needs of the region. Considering the characteristics of the context, the development of ergonomics in the region and the history and strengths of the research groups inv...
This qualitative-interpretive study reflects on the experience of two MSMEs that adapted rapidly to meet the need for protection products and maintain their production in the midst of confinement decreed by the city and country authorities, as a containment measure for the pandemic caused by the Covid-19, and where design was a key factor. The diff...
This paper describes the process for estimating the anthropometric dimensions of the hand, for the purpose of designing sewn leather gloves. Since no detailed information about hands exists in anthropometric studies of the Colombian population, it was necessary to use the ratio scaling method (RS) for estimating 22 anthropometric dimensions. Subseq...
Antropometría de mano aplicada a sistemas de tallado.
La seguridad del paciente, el uso de dispositivos médicos, procesos que se llevan a cabo en las instituciones de salud, así como los sistemas de salud en sí, son tópicos que han sido abordados en mayor o menor medida por la ergonomía, siendo en su gran mayoría estudios realizados por ergónomos en donde actúan como observadores de la condición, sin...
Este artículo introduce la línea de investigación “ergonomía, trabajo y salud” propuesta en el proyecto de creación del “doctorado en ergonomía” que adelantan la Universidad del Valle y la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, como parte de la construcción de conocimiento sobre el camino recorrido por la comunidad que ha trabajado la ergonomía en Colom...
Encounter on design, filmic arts and visual communication technologies for peace-building.
Conversatorio acerca del papel y el significado de las revistas indexadas.
http://www.iit.unal.edu.co/revista-actio/revistas/actio2-2018/actio2-2018_editorial.html
En la industria actual existe una notoria ausencia de información sobre las formas en que los diseñadores y desarrolladores de productos pueden mitigar el daño ambiental que implica el ejercicio de su trabajo. Este manual es una guía metodológica que expone los criterios adecuados para elegir el método más pertinente de evaluación y diseño, según l...
Originally written and presented to establish direct interdisciplinary connection between the area of ergonomics and the field of ecology, Ergoecology aims to integrate evaluation and intervention processes used by ergonomics and environmental management systems. Ergoecology -from a systemic focus- “takes care of studying the human being and its re...
Due to the challenges met by companies when facing problems like population growth, climate change and lack of resources, among others, while responding to the economic and market demands, now days, one of the issues required in global sustainability agendas is Corporate Sustainability. As a framework, this document is based on a research project t...
The work presented in this paper is part of a collaborative research project looking for the development of ergoecology as a framework for the design and
improvement of innovative products and services. Defined since 1997 by García-Acosta, Saravia & Romero as a scientific and technological discipline, the
Ergoecology –from a systemic focus– takes c...
Objetivos de la propuesta Mostrar los caminos y retos que se han explorado a nivel global desde la ergonomía, para promover la Sostenibilidad Corporativa, a partir de una aproximación histórica. Metodología Analítica-descriptiva Resumen/Abstract Como una de las conclusiones del Proyecto de investigación " Fundamentos de la ergoecología: eco-eficien...
This doctoral thesis develops a socio-technological product cycle model (s-tPC), which is then employed to approach product design and development (PDD) from a symmetrical - that is, socio-technological and socio-environmentally responsible - perspective. The model consists of four parts: a conceptual structure, which establishes the symmetrical ap...
This article presents the results of a documentary-exploratory review of design methods and concepts associated with human and environmental factors, based on a qualitative-quantitative analysis of coincidences with the fundamentals of ergoecology and in line with sustainable dynamics, with a view to putting the principles of ergoecology into pract...
The anthropometric adjustment of the glove to the hand is one the most important aspects for the development of manual work. The characterization of the anthropometric dimensions is paramount for the glove designing process. 35 significant anthropometric dimensions were selected according to design requirements, based on the deflection function, as...
Herramienta ortodóntica para ubicar, posicionar y adosar brackets por método directo o indirecto que consta de dos partes: un cuerpo para manipulación del dispositivo (1) y una punta (2). La morfología del cuerpo (1) permite que el usuario tenga control, confort y compatibilidad con la mano, en el momento de colocar el bracket (100) en el objetivo,...
La ergoecología (1) plantea una serie de relaciones entre la ergonomía y los aspectos ambientales. Sus fundamentos incluyen tanto principios, (abordaje sistémico, enfoque antropocéntrico y sostenibilidad asociada con eco-efectividad), como postulados (eco-eficiencia y eco
El uso de guantes como elemento de protección personal (EPP) tiene una relación directa con el desempeño biomecánico de la mano. En la literatura se reporta que puede afectar la destreza, el tiempo de ejecución de las tareas, la fuerza de agarre, la sensibilidad manual, el tiempo de esfuerzo y los rangos de movimiento de la mano. La eficiencia del...
This paper presents the first part of the analisys of a literature review conducted to build an inventory of methods/models for design, development and innovation of products that are focused on both –the human factor (user) and the environmental factor (sustainability). Four databases were selected and reviewed using criteria of robustness, covera...
This paper presents the first part of the analisys of a literature review conducted to build an inventory of methods/models for design, development and innovation of products that are focused on both –the human factor (user) and the environmental factor (sustainability). Four databases were selected and reviewed using criteria of robustness, covera...
This paper analyses two proposals that seek to contribute to sustainability from an HFE perspective: ergoecology and green ergonomics. It presents both approaches, their principles, purposes, and fields of application, thereafter dealing with their context of emergence, and overlaps in purpose, principles, and shared values. The principles of ergoe...
In this paper, we analyse two approaches that attempt to address how a human factors and ergonomics (HFE) perspective can contribute to the sustainability of the human race. We outline the principles, purposes and fields of application of ergoecology and green ergonomics, and thereafter deal with their context of emergence, and the overlaps in purp...
Este artículo presenta una reflexión sobre la responsabilidad social (RS) asociada a las tendencias que han surgido desde la ergonomía y los factores humanos en el proceso de diseño y desarrollo de productos. Inicia con la introducción del concepto de responsabilidad social y su relación con el proceso de diseño y desarrollo de productos desde la p...
This paper provides an outline of the green ergonomics approach and the relationship between green ergonomics and human factors for sustainable development. Green ergonomics is based on ergoecology, the broader multidisciplinary field. Four design principles for green ergonomics based on ecological and ergonomics science are proposed and introduced...
Is it possible to establish (at short, medium and long term) future work conditions or expected work conditions for Colombian people considering upcoming work technologies? Is it possible to anticipate future work desirable work conditions for Colombian people in order to plan (foresee?) work technologies? These questions guided this research and t...
This paper conceptualises a new multi-disciplinary field by establishing the elements of an ‘ergonomic system’ (human beings, physical space, and object/machine) and defining the term ‘surroundings’ (PESTE factors) while emphasising the ecological aspects of human activities. The definition of ergoecology is explained by an etymological analysis of...
Ergonomics has been successful in increasing productivity and comfort in the work arena. It has also contributed to reducing occupational accidents. Despite this, ergonomics is frequently limited to understanding the health-disease process related to human-technology interactions, as this process is more complex than what can be understood from an...
This paper presents the model “Work Situation Operative Model” - MOST (after its Spanish acronym). It offers a comprehensive, systemic approach to analysing work stations and/or work processes, serving also as a framework for pursuing various ergonomic and occupational health and safety goals. Originally produced for a food sector company, the mode...
This work details the conceptual and methodological evolution of 'Ergoecology' and its relationship to certain comparable disciplinary proposals and standards, with a view to making its current status known and fostering discussion and development of it in a broader context. 'Ergoecology' is a discipline which relates the ergonomic system to 'envir...
This work details the conceptual and methodological evolution of ‘Ergoecology’ and its relationship to certain com- parable disciplinary proposals and standards, with a view to making its current status known and fostering discussion and de- velopment of it in a broader context. ‘Ergoecology’ is a discipline which relates the ergonomic system to 'e...
Globalization, technological complexity, the growth of more mature markets demanding differentiated or high-quality products, and the pressure of competition to reduce time and cut development costs have been leading to a broader application of methods and techniques that address human factors in different ways. As a result, a large number of metho...
This paper analyses the purchasing procedure for the procurement of medical devices, personal protection devices and work clothing. The construction of the purchasing procedure included the following steps: processes mapping, construction of a processes matrix, basic procedure definition, processes clustering, flow diagram construction and instrume...
It may appear a radical or contradictory posture to proposing a change of epicentre for professionals of
design and product-service development areas, as they assume human beings and human needs as the centre of their doing, and therefore, they live and coexist under an anthropocentric design paradigm. However, from a deep ethical convincement, whe...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
The objective of industrial safety (I.S.) is the prevention of work accidents. I.S. models are based on risk management and the prevention of accidents. Within the context of I.S., risk is a subjective and intangible situation that can make danger materialize. An accident refers to all unpredictable events or of uncontrolled nature. But, how can th...
El objetivo de la seguridad industrial (SI) es la prevención de accidentes de trabajo.
Los modelos de SI se basan en la gestión de los riesgos y la prevención de
accidentes. En el contexto de la SI, el riesgo es una situación subjetiva e intangible
que el peligro se materialice. El accidente es todo evento impredecible o de
naturaleza incontrolada....
This paper presents three ergonomic approaches and how they promote innovation in
productive organisations’ project engineering. Ergonomics integrates design variables and offers methodological approaches that favour innovation processes, beginning on a
technological and organisational level and afterwards on a social and cultural level. In line...
This paper proposes a change of epicentre in design and product-service development areas. Reality is showing us that human life is unsustainable and that we are not aware of the total dependency of the Earth wellbeing and its limited resources, and therefore the authors believe that there is no other way than changing paradigm. The document introd...
This study focussed on the work system design to be used by a Colombian food sector company for distributing products. It considered the concept of participative ergonomics, where people from the commercial, logistics, operation, occupational health areas worked in conjunction with the industrial designers, ergonomists who methodologically led the...
The current paper deals with the definition of sizes for the design of school furniture for schools in Bogotá, Colombia, based on an analysis of available anthropometric data on Latin American children. State-of-the-art anthropometric, national and international standards were considered, in order to define the anthropometric variables that were to...
Este trabajo fue realizado dentro de las actividades pro-mejoramiento que COLMENA riesgos profesionales adelanta con sus empresas afiliadas. Se divide en dos apartados: el análisis ergonómico en el puesto de trabajo de forja y el diseño de la herramienta como punto central de la solución a la problemática detectada en el análisis. Se incluye a su v...
Palabras-Clave : Ergoecología, ecoeficiencia, ecoproductividad, factores de desempeño, indicadores de desempeño. Introducción Este proyecto de investigación nace en 1997 como resultado de una reflexión comparativa entre las dinámicas de desarrollo de la Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental y las del Análisis Ergonómico. Al comparar dichas dinámicas, se...
From the definition of the ergonomic system, that in our case has three elements (human being, physical space and object/machine) and from the definition of the surroundings factors (PESTE), we can conceptualize a new multi-discipline that emphasizes ecological aspects in relationship to human activities. The definition raised here, is based on an...
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Se ven corrientes y enfoques dominantes de teorías y modelos de la ergonomía, pero es importante identificar lo que ya es propio de América Latina.
In human factors and ergonomics, for example, identified trends include usability, universal design, user-centered design, collaborative design, trans-cultural design, customer-centered design and experience-based design. Within these trends / categories many methods can be classified.
