<p>Detta arbete inom prestationsmätning av effektiv logistik är utfört på Scanias produktionsenhet MB i Oskarshamn. Denna produktionsenhet tillverkar hytterna till Scanias lastbilar på europamarknaden, från plåtrulle till färdigmålad hyttkaross. Produktionsenheten MB består av en pressverkstad, en karossverkstad och ett måleri.</p><p>Uppgiften i detta arbete är att utveckla ett antal mätetal för prestationsmätning av MB:s internlogistik, och utifrån dessa ge förslag på förbättringsmöjligheter i verksamheten.</p><p>Uppgiften löses genom att använda Bourne och Neelys metoder för utveckling av mätetal, så som en framgångskarta för den kritiska framgångsfaktorn effektiv logistik och utformandet av ett definitionsblad, vilket explicit definierar varje mätetal. Detta tillsammans med Parmenters definitioner angående mätetal och arbetssätt vad det gäller prestationsmätning, avser att spegla moderna tillvägagångssätt för prestationsmätning och för implementering av dessa i ett företag.</p><p>De mätetal som rekommenderas för implementering i MB:s logistiska verksamhet är trucktimmar per hytt, leveranspålitlighet, lageryta, energianvändning per hytt för transporter och materialhanteringskostnad per hytt. Flera förbättringsförslag rekommenderas också vad det gäller den förbättringspotential som finns vid införandet av en gemensam materialhanteringsfunktion på MB. Vidare ges också förslag på system- och rutinförändringar som kan genomföras för att ge mer tillförlitlig information för prestationsmätning och skapa mer effektiv logistik.</p> / <p>This master thesis within performance measurement of logistic efficiency is carried out at the Scania production unit MB in the city of Oskarshamn. This production unit manufactures the cab body to heavy trucks for the European market, from metal coil to painted cab body. The production unit consists of one press shop, one body shop and one paint shop.</p><p>The mission of the thesis is to develop a few Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for performance measurement of MB’s logistics and with these KPIs as a base, point out potential improvements at the production unit.</p><p>The task was fulfilled through the use of Bourne and Neely’s methods for developing KPIs, such as a success map based on the critical success factor, efficient logistics combined with their record sheet for developing and defining each KPI. This together with Parameter’s definition regarding KPIs and guidelines for performance measurement should present a modern approach of how to implement performance measurement in a company.</p><p>The KPIs which is recommended for implementation in MB’s logistic operations is forklift hours per cab, delivery reliability, storage area, energy consumption by transports per cab and material handling costs per cab. Several improvements are suggested when it comes to the benefits of a common material handling organization which serves all MB operations. Also suggestions are made regarding the information system and routine changes which aim to give more reliable information for performance measurements and as a mean to create more efficient logistics.</p>

<p>The purpose of this master thesis is to develop a model for assessing cost effectiveness of facility layouts. A critical literature review of the available relevant models as well as theories was performed in accordance to this purpose. After this a model was developed in order to cover lacks in existing theories. The aim of the model is to evaluate different facility layouts, from both economical and working environmental aspects. The model as a whole is about evaluating, creating and selecting the most preferable facility layout. In this thesis a case study has been performed for testing the developed model. The case company for this testing was the Mail Terminal in Alvesta, which is a part of Posten Sweden AB. The mail terminal receives, sorts and distributes the mail further. The result of this thesis is that, by following the model the authors were able to evaluate all the layouts and also to create the most preferable one. This thesis provides a general model in a structured way, primary aimed to be used for manufacturing companies. Further researches could be to test the model on service producing companies and to define to what extent the model can be generalised.</p> / <p>Syftet med denna magisteruppsats är att utveckla en modell för att utvärdera kostnadseffektiviteten av anläggningslayouter. En kritisk litteraturundersökning av tillgängliga relevanta modeller samt teorier genomfördes i enlighet med syftet. Därefter utvecklades en modell för att täcka brister i existerande teorier. Syftet med modellen är att utvärdera olika layouter, från både ett ekonomiskt- och arbetsmiljös- perspektiv. Modellen i sin helhet handlar om att utvärdera, skapa och välja den mest fördelaktiga layouten. En fallstudie har genomförts i denna uppsats för att testa den skapade modellen. Fallföretaget för att testa modellen var Postterminalen i Alvesta, som är en del av Posten Sverige AB. Postterminal tar emot, sorterar och distribuerar posten vidare. Resultatet av denna uppsats är att genom att använda modellen lyckades författarna utvärdera alla layouter och även skapa den mest fördelaktiga layouten. Denna uppsats bidrar med en strukturerad generell model, som främst riktar sig till producerande företag. Fortsatt forskning skulle kunna vara att testa modellen på service baserade företag och att definiera till vilken omfattning man kan generalisera modellen.</p>

Denna rapport är resultatet av en analys som gjorts vid Vest-Woods fabrik i Forserum under våren 2007 i syfte att reducera interna transporter. Vest-Wood AB i Forserum tillverkar dörrar för den svenska marknaden men förser också en annan fabrik (Sdr Felding i Danmark) i samma koncern med dörrstommar. Materialhantering för att förse Sdr Felding fabriken med dörrstommar medför i dagsläget mycket interna transporter i Forserumsfabriken. För att klara ojämn efterfrågan från Sdr Felding fabriken samt för att kunna jämna ut sin egen produktion har Forserumsfabriken valt att lagerföra de tolv artiklar som beställs mest frekvent från Sdr Felding fabriken. Buffertlagret vid Forserumsfabriken där artiklarna lagerförs är placerat ca 200 m från produktionen vilket medför mycket intern transport för hantering av dessa. Uppgiften som Vest-Wood AB i Forserum ville ha analyserad var hur de kunde hitta ett mer ekonomsikt fördelaktigt upplägg av de interna transporterna inom fabriken i Forserum. För att kartlägga nuläget beräknades medelvärdet av buffertlagret baserat på inventerade lagersaldo från 2006. I samma buffertlager lagerförs den buffert som skall täcka efterfrågan för den veckas extra semester som Forserumsfabriken har jämfört med Sdr Felding fabriken. Den semesterbufferten fick räknas bort. Efter att ha fastställt medelvärdet på buffertlagret kunde lagerhållningskostnaden beräknas. I den del av Forserumsfabriken som vi analyserat sker tillverkning i tre flöden där de tolv lagerförda dörrstommarna tillverkas i två av dem. Vi räknade ut att total kapacitet i dessa båda och fann att det finns en möjlig extra kapacitet på 25 %. Med medelvärdet och möjlig extra kapacitet som underlag kunde ett förbättringsförslag tas fram. Förbättringsförslaget handlar om att ta bort buffertlagret, som ett led i att minska de interna transporterna. Förbättringsförslaget förutsätter att samarbetet och insynen mellan fabriken i Sdr Felding och fabriken i Forserum förbättras. / This report is the result of an analysis made at Vest-Woods factory in Forserum during the spring of 2007 with the purpose to reduce internal transports. Vest-Wood AB in Forserum produces doors for the Swedish market but is also a supplier of doorframes to another factory (Sdr Felding in Denmark) in the same group of companies. The material handling for supplying the factory in Sdr Felding with doorframes causes a lot of internal transports. The factory in Forserum has chosen to keep the twelve most ordered doorframes in stock to keep up with varying demand from the factory in Sdr Felding and to smooth their own manufacturing. The warehouse in Forserum, where the doorframes are stored, is placed 200 m from the manufacturing site and that contributes to the internal transport. The assignment that Vest-Wood AB in Forserum wanted analysed was how they could find a more beneficial arrangement of the internal transports from an economic point of view. To define the present situation we calculated the mean value based on inventory data from 2006. The factory in Forserum is closed for one more week than the factory in Sdr Felding is during the summer. For that reason, a buffer is built to cover the demand from the factory in Sdr Felding during this week. This buffer is also kept in the warehouse. That buffer was subtracted from the inventory results. When the mean value of the warehouse had been calculated, the yearly cost of storing the doorframes could be calculated. There are three different flows in that part of the factory in Forserum where our analysis has taken place. Production of the twelve doorframes takes place in two of them. We calculated total capacity in these two flows and found that they have potential extra capacity of 25 %. With the mean value of the warehouse and the potential extra capacity in the production we could work out a proposal of improvement. The proposal treats how to remove the warehouse as a way of reducing internal transports. The proposal assumes that the collaboration and insight between the factory in Sdr Felding and the factory in Forserum is improved.

Detta arbete inom prestationsmätning av effektiv logistik är utfört på Scanias produktionsenhet MB i Oskarshamn. Denna produktionsenhet tillverkar hytterna till Scanias lastbilar på europamarknaden, från plåtrulle till färdigmålad hyttkaross. Produktionsenheten MB består av en pressverkstad, en karossverkstad och ett måleri. Uppgiften i detta arbete är att utveckla ett antal mätetal för prestationsmätning av MB:s internlogistik, och utifrån dessa ge förslag på förbättringsmöjligheter i verksamheten. Uppgiften löses genom att använda Bourne och Neelys metoder för utveckling av mätetal, så som en framgångskarta för den kritiska framgångsfaktorn effektiv logistik och utformandet av ett definitionsblad, vilket explicit definierar varje mätetal. Detta tillsammans med Parmenters definitioner angående mätetal och arbetssätt vad det gäller prestationsmätning, avser att spegla moderna tillvägagångssätt för prestationsmätning och för implementering av dessa i ett företag. De mätetal som rekommenderas för implementering i MB:s logistiska verksamhet är trucktimmar per hytt, leveranspålitlighet, lageryta, energianvändning per hytt för transporter och materialhanteringskostnad per hytt. Flera förbättringsförslag rekommenderas också vad det gäller den förbättringspotential som finns vid införandet av en gemensam materialhanteringsfunktion på MB. Vidare ges också förslag på system- och rutinförändringar som kan genomföras för att ge mer tillförlitlig information för prestationsmätning och skapa mer effektiv logistik. / This master thesis within performance measurement of logistic efficiency is carried out at the Scania production unit MB in the city of Oskarshamn. This production unit manufactures the cab body to heavy trucks for the European market, from metal coil to painted cab body. The production unit consists of one press shop, one body shop and one paint shop. The mission of the thesis is to develop a few Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for performance measurement of MB’s logistics and with these KPIs as a base, point out potential improvements at the production unit. The task was fulfilled through the use of Bourne and Neely’s methods for developing KPIs, such as a success map based on the critical success factor, efficient logistics combined with their record sheet for developing and defining each KPI. This together with Parameter’s definition regarding KPIs and guidelines for performance measurement should present a modern approach of how to implement performance measurement in a company. The KPIs which is recommended for implementation in MB’s logistic operations is forklift hours per cab, delivery reliability, storage area, energy consumption by transports per cab and material handling costs per cab. Several improvements are suggested when it comes to the benefits of a common material handling organization which serves all MB operations. Also suggestions are made regarding the information system and routine changes which aim to give more reliable information for performance measurements and as a mean to create more efficient logistics.

La première partie de ce travail concerne la production cyclique pour l'optimisation du taux de production dans les flowshops robotisés, où un robot est chargé du transport des pièces. Les cellules robotisées peuvent être disposées de façon linéaire ou circulaire. Les principaux résultats théoriques concernant la disposition linéaire ne peuvent être étendus à la configuration circulaire. En particulier, trouver le meilleur cycle de production de une pièce (1-cycle) est un problème polynomial dans le cas des cellules linéaires additives, mais NP-difficile pour la configuration correspondante circulaire.Nous nous concentrons principalement sur le cas des cellules circulaires équilibrées, où le temps d'usinage est identique sur toutes les machines. Après avoir présentés des outils pour l'analyse cyclique dans les cellules circulaires, nous établissons des propriétés nécessaires des 1-cycles performants, ce qui permet de conclure sur le problème du meilleur 1-cycle jusqu'à 8 machines. Toutefois, nous fournissons un contre-exemple pour 6 machines à la conjecture classique des 1-cycles, toujours ouverte dans cette configuration.Ensuite, nous étudions la structure des 1-cycles performants pour des cellules circulaires équilibrées arbitrairement grandes. Nous définissons et étudions les propriétés d'une nouvelle famille de cycles basée sur cette structure et formulons une conjecture sur sa dominance sur les 1-cycles qui conduirait à un algorithme polynomial pour le problème du meilleur 1-cycle dans ce cas. Cette structure permet de déterminer le meilleur 1-cycle jusqu'à 11 machines.Dans la deuxième partie, nous présentons le travail réalisé sur un problème industriel proposé par la SNCF dans le cadre du challenge ROADEF/EURO. Nous proposons un algorithme glouton pour ce problème combinant divers aspects de la gestion des trains au sein d'une gare. / The first part of this work deals with cyclic production for throughput optimization in robotic flow-shops, where a robot is in charge of the material handling of parts. Robotic cells may have a linear or a circular layout. Most theoretical results for the linear layout do not hold for the circular layout. In particular, the problem of finding the best one part production cycle (1-cycle), which is a polynomial problem for linear additive cells, has been proved NP-hard for the corresponding circular configuration.We mainly focus on a special case of circular balanced cells, where the processing times are identical for all machines. After presenting tools for cyclic analysis in circular cells, we study necessary properties of efficient 1-cycles. These results allow to conclude on the best one part production cycle for any parameters in circular balanced cells up to 8 machines. However, we provide a counter-example to the classical 1-cycle conjecture, still open for this configuration.Then, we study the structure of efficient one part production cycles in arbitrarily large circular balanced cells. We introduce and study a new family of cycles based on this structure, and formulate a conjecture on its dominance over one part-production cycles, which would lead to a polynomial algorithm for finding the best 1-cycle for circular balanced cells. This structure allows to settle the best one part production cycle for cells with up to 11 machines.In a second part, we present work on an industrial problem of railway stock scheduling proposed by the French railway company in the context of the ROADEF/EURO competition. We propose a greedy algorithm for this problem combining the various aspects of trains handling inside a station.

Syftet: Syftet med denna studie är att kartlägga belastningsergonomiska risker i ett framtida internt logistikflöde, samt att ge förslag på hur dessa risker kan undvikas genom tillämpning av LEAN metodik och en ny logistiklösning. Följande frågeställningar har ställts för att identifiera orsaker till problem och förbättringsmöjligheter: 1)    Vilka arbetsmoment i det studerade logistikflödet leder till ergonomiska risker? 2)    Hur kan fallstudieföretaget införa LEAN metodik för att uppnå bättre ergonomi vid materialhantering? 3)    Hur kan en ny generell och mer ergonomisk logistiklösning för materialhantering se ut på fallstudieföretaget? Metod: Studien har genomförts baserat på en fallstudie på ett industriföretag. Data har samlats in genom intervjuer och observationer på fallstudieföretaget, studiebesök på två andra industriföretag samt genom en litteraturstudie. För att identifiera och bedöma olika ergonomiska risker har verktyget RAMP tillämpats. Studiens resultat: Studien resulterade i en ergonomisk kartläggning för ett utvalt internt logistikflöde med förslag på hur bättre ergonomi kan uppnås i fallstudieföretagets material-hantering. Den ergonomiska kartläggningen påvisade att flera arbetsmoment innebär en ökad risk för att personalen utvecklar belastningsbesvär. Många tunga lyft, skjuta- och dra arbete samt olämpliga arbetsställningar visades ha störst negativ inverkan på ergonomin. För att minska dessa risker utan större förändringar av nuvarande fabrikslayout och befintligt arbetsflöde kan bland annat arbetsrotation, olika hjälpmedel och modifieringar av teknisk utrustning införas. Förslag presenteras också på hur en ny och mer ergonomisk materialhanteringslösning kan se ut på fallstudieföretaget genom införande av en omplockningsstation och en supermarket. Även ett förslaget ramverk presenteras för hur fallstudieföretaget kan arbeta genom LEAN-metodik i syfte att uppnå en bättre ergonomi i materialhanteringen. Slutsats: Den ergonomiska kartläggningen indikerade att förbättringsåtgärder krävs för att personal inte ska riskera att utveckla belastningsbesvär och förslag har tagits fram för hur den ergonomiska situationen kan förbättras. Rekommendationer: Fallstudieföretaget rekommenderas att vidta åtgärder för de ergonomiska risker som har identifierats. Innan de föreslagna förbättringarna fullföljs krävs vidare studier för att utvärdera förbättringsförslagen ur andra än ergonomiska aspekter samt genomförande av RAMP-analys. Fallstudieföretaget rekommenderas även att undersöka möjligheten att införa det föreslagna LEAN-ramverket i syfte att skapa förutsättningar för en god ergonomisk situation. Nyckelord: Belastningsergonomi, RAMP, Omplockningsstation, Arbetsmiljö, Intern logistik, Materialhantering / Purpose: The purpose of this study is firstly to identify risks of ergonomic strain in a future internal logistics flow and secondly propose how to avoid these risks by applying LEAN methodology and a new logistics solution. In order to identify causes for problems and to find improvement opportunities the following issues have been addressed: 1)    What tasks in the studied logistics flow lead to risks of ergonomic strain? 2)    How can the studied company implement the LEAN methodology to improve ergonomics in the material handling? 3)    How can a new general and more ergonomic logistic solution for material handling look like for the studied company? Method: The study has been conducted based on a case at an industrial company. Data has been collected through interviews and observations at the company, visits at two other industries and through a literature survey. To identify and assess various ergonomic risks, the RAMP tool has been applied. Study result: The study resulted in an ergonomic survey for a selected internal logistics flow with suggestions on how to improve ergonomics in the studied company´s material handling. The ergonomic survey showed that several work tasks cause an increased risk for the operators to develop strain injuries and therefore improvements are required. Heavy lifting, pulling and sliding work pieces and incorrect working positions were shown to have the most adverse impact on good ergonomics. To reduce these risks - without major changes to the current factory layout and existing workflow - work rotation, various tools/aids and modifications of technical equip-ment can be implemented. Proposals are presented on how a new and more ergonomic material handling solution can be achieved at the studied company through the introduction of a pickup station and a “supermarket”. A suggested framework is also presented for how the company can use LEAN methodology in order to achieve better ergonomics in the material handling process. Conclusion: The ergonomic survey indicated that improvements are required in order not to risk strain injuries for the operators. Suggestions have been made for how the ergonomic situation can be improved. Recommendations: The studied company is recommended to take measures with respect to the ergonomic risks identified. Before the proposed improvements can be introduced, studies are required to evaluate the improvement proposals from other than ergonomic aspects as well as performing a RAMP analysis. The studied company is also recommended to investigate the possibility of introducing the proposed LEAN framework. Keywords: Strain ergonomics, RAMP, Picking station, Work environment, Internal logistics, Material handling

Syfte – Syftet med studien är att identifiera kritiska begränsningar i inlagringsprocessen i ett distributionslager för att därmed kunna effektivisera materialflödet. Studiens syfte uppnås genom att följande forskningsfrågor har formulerats: Vilka kritiska begränsningar kan förekomma i materialflödet i en inlagringsprocess i ett distributionslager? Hur kan de identifierade begränsningarna exkluderas i en inlagringsprocess? Metod – Studien hade en induktiv ansats och datainsamling skedde genom intervjuer, observationer, dokumentstudier och litteraturstudier. En fallstudie genomfördes på ett distributionslager och empiri och teori har jämförts för att kunna uppfylla studiens syfte. Resultat – Studiens resultat påvisar att de förekommande kritiska begränsningarna i ett distributionslager är brist på yta, materialhantering, automatiska system samt lagerlayout. Studiens slutsats är att begränsningarna är sammankopplade och påverkar varandra eftersom de ingår i samma process. För att exkludera begränsningarna bör distributionslager implementera diverse standarder i sin inlagringsprocess och arbeta med ständiga förbättringar. Implikationer – Studien bidrar inte med nya teorier men bidrar med praktisk nytta för distributionslager med liknande kriterier som studiens fallföretag. Begränsningar – Studien riktar enbart in sig på distributionslager och var en fallstudie av enfallsdesign. Genom att utföra flera liknande undersökningar på företag med liknande kriterier hade generaliserbarheten kunnat stärkas. / Purpose – The purpose of the study is to identify critical constraints in the inbound process at a distribution warehouse. To accomplish the purpose two research questions were formulated: Which critical constraints can occur in the material flow in the inbound process at a distribution warehouse? How can the identified constraints be excluded in the inbound process? Method – The study was performed inductively, and the data collection techniques were interviews, observations, document studies and literature studies. A single case study was performed at a distribution warehouse and the empirical data and theories were compared to accomplish the purpose of the study. Findings – The result of the study demonstrates that the critical constraints in the inbound process at a distribution warehouse are space, material handling, automatic systems and warehouse layout. The conclusion of the study is that the constraints are connected and affect each other since they are all included in the same process. To exclude the constraints different types of standards should be implemented in the inbound process, and distribution warehouses should work with continuous improvements. Implications – The study does not contribute to new theories but can be practically beneficial for distribution warehouses similar to the studies case study. Limitations – The study only focuses on one distribution warehouse and is therefore a single case study. The generalizability could have been higher if the study had been conducted at multiple distribution warehouses.

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The objectives of Study I had been to compare the results of two clinical tests used to evaluate hamstrings flexibility and to evaluate the reliability of the photogrammetric procedure adopted for the analysis. The fingertip-to-floor test and straight leg raise test were applied in 35 healthy male subjects. Based on tests results, subjects were divided into two groups: normal and reduced flexibility. Superficial anatomical landmarks were fixed on bony references by means of manual palpation in order to permit the tracing of the hip, thoracic-lumbar, leg, knee and tibio-tarsal angles. The student t test was applied to evaluate the differences between the two groups, for each variable. Findings showed that hip angle was significant lower at the reduced flexibility group and that the straight leg raise test was more sensible for detecting subjects with reduced flexibility. The aim of Study II was to evaluate the influence of hamstrings flexibility on the movement strategy of the trunk and pelvis adopted by healthy subjects during the performance of the manual handling. Subjects were divided into two groups, based on the straight leg raise test. A JVC digital camera with a sampling of 50 frames/second and positioned perpendicularly to the sagittal plane of the subjects was used to register the activity. The cross-correlation coefficient was used to quantify movement patterns relationship between groups, and the student t test applied to the movement variables in order to determine differences between groups. The results had demonstrated that subjects with reduced flexibility used a lesser pelvic amplitude and bigger amplitudes of the trunk during handling. Still, subjects with reduced flexibility adopted a retroverted movement of the pelvis, without great alterations during the activity. The unfolding studies contextualized the comparison of the strategies adopted by subjects with experience in load handling activities and inexperienced individuals. The Study III had as objective to evaluate the manual handling performed by 16 experienced subjects and 15 inexperienced ones. It was used a flexible electrogoniometer to measure trunk movements and the University of Michigan 3D software to estimate the intradiscal compression in L5/S1 during the handling. The normalized movement patterns were evaluated and the coefficient of variation was applied to quantify the variability of this movement. The student t test determined the differences between variables. Results pointed out to great variability of adopted postures. Smaller amplitudes of flexion had been found, but bigger amplitudes of trunk extension when the loads were deposited, respectively, in low and high surfaces for experienced individuals. Experienced subjects presented lower intradiscal compression during box deposition and the lowering task was characterized by the highest intradiscal compression. Study IV aimed to compare manual handling strategies adopted by experienced and inexperienced subjects with relation to the positioning of the feet and trunk during lowering and inclination of the box during lowering and lifting activities. Ten experienced workers and 10 subjects without professional experience with the handling activity had been selected. The manual handling carried out between different heights was filmed. By means of one edition software, the images referring to the instant of 50% of the task had been selected and used to classify the postures and to measure the inclination of the box. An ANOVA with 3 factors was used to evaluate the inclination of the box with relation to the experience, handled load and type of handling (lifting and lowering). The results had indicated that subjects with professional experience adopted strategies characterized by biggest inclination of the box and adoption of balanced postures of the trunk, with widening of the support base. Professional experience determined the adoption of different movement strategies, when compared to inexperienced ones, in response to task conditions. However, other studies are suggested in order to determine if such strategies were protective or risky ones. The results presented in this dissertation raise the hypothesis that hamstrings flexibility is a risk factor for the increase of trunk overload, during the performance of manual material handling. / Apesar dos recentes avanços tecnológicos, as atividades ocupacionais de natureza manual ainda são imprescindíveis e amplamente utilizadas em muitos setores e indústrias. Tais atividades impõem condições de risco, que são inerentes à sua natureza e podem ser responsáveis por lesões músculo-esqueléticas. Em adição, a complexidade e a interação de fatores de risco, muitos ainda não totalmente compreendidos, que atuam em conjunto durante a realização do manuseio de materiais conferem desafios e estímulos à abordagem preventiva. Deste modo, foram realizados dois estudos principais e dois estudos decorrentes das pesquisas direcionadas ao estudo do manuseio de carga. Os estudos principais (Estudos I e II) contextualizam a flexibilidade dos músculos isquiotibiais e sua influência na performance de tarefas ocupacionais. Os objetivos do Estudo I foram comparar os resultados de dois testes clínicos utilizados para avaliar a flexibilidade dos músculos isquiotibiais e avaliar a confiabilidade do procedimento fotogramétrico utilizado. Os testes de Dedos ao Chão e Elevação dos Membros Inferiores (MMII) em Extensão foram aplicados em 35 sujeitos sadios do gênero masculino. Com base nos resultados dos testes, os sujeitos foram divididos em dois grupos: flexibilidade normal e reduzida. Marcadores superficiais refletivos foram fixados em referências ósseas por meio da palpação para permitir o traçado dos ângulos do quadril, tóraco-lombar, perna, joelho e tíbio-tarsico. Aplicou-se o teste t de student para avaliar as diferenças de cada variável entre os dois grupos. Os achados demonstraram que o ângulo do quadril foi significativamente menor no grupo com flexibilidade reduzida e o teste de Elevação dos MMII foi mais sensível para detectar sujeitos com redução de flexibilidade. O objetivo do Estudo II foi avaliar a influência da flexibilidade dos músculos isquiotibiais na estratégia de movimento do tronco e pelve adotada por sujeitos sadios durante a realização do manuseio de carga. Os sujeitos foram divididos em dois grupos, com base na aplicação do teste de Elevação dos MMII. Uma câmera digital JVC com amostragem de 50 quadros/segundo e posicionada perpendicularmente ao plano sagital dos sujeitos foi utilizada para registrar a atividade. O coeficiente de correlação cruzada foi utilizado para quantificar a relação dos padrões de movimento entre os grupos, e o teste t de student aplicado nas variáveis de movimento para determinar as diferenças entre grupos. Os resultados indicaram que sujeitos com flexibilidade reduzida utilizaram uma menor amplitude pélvica e uma maior amplitude do tronco durante o manuseio. Ainda, sujeitos com flexibilidade reduzida adotam movimento em retroversão da pelve, sem grandes alterações ao longo da atividade. Os desdobramentos (Estudos III e IV) contextualizaram a comparação das estratégias adotadas por sujeitos com experiência no manuseio de cargas e por indivíduos inexperientes em tais atividades. O Estudo III teve como objetivo avaliar o manuseio realizado por 16 sujeitos experientes e 15 inexperientes. Utilizou-se um eletrogoniômetro flexível para mensurar o movimento da coluna e o programa 3D da Universidade de Michigan para estimar a compressão intradiscal em L5/S1 durante o manuseio. Foram avaliados os padrões de movimento normalizados e o coeficiente de variação foi aplicado para quantificar a variabilidade deste movimento. O teste t de student foi aplicado na determinação das diferenças para as variáveis em estudo. Os resultados apontam para uma grande variabilidade de posturas adotadas. Foram encontradas menores amplitudes de flexão, mas maiores amplitudes de extensão da coluna quando as cargas eram depositadas, respectivamente, em superfícies baixas e altas para indivíduos experientes. Sujeitos experientes apresentaram menores valores de compressão intradiscal durante a deposição da caixa e a atividade de abaixamento com 15kg foi caracterizada por maior sobrecarga intradiscal. O Estudo IV teve como objetivos comparar as estratégias de manuseio realizadas por sujeitos experientes e inexperientes com relação ao posicionamento dos pés e tronco durante atividade de abaixamento e de inclinação da carga no levantamento e abaixamento. Foram selecionados 10 trabalhadores experientes e 10 sujeitos sem experiência profissional com o manuseio de cargas. O manuseio realizado entre diferentes alturas foi filmado. Por meio de um programa de edição, as imagens referentes ao instante de 50% da tarefa foram selecionadas e utilizadas para classificar as posturas e mensurar a inclinação da caixa. Utilizou-se uma ANOVA com 3 fatores para avaliar a inclinação da carga com relação à experiência, carga manuseada e tipo de manuseio (levantamento e abaixamento). Os resultados indicaram que sujeitos com experiência profissional do manuseio adotaram estratégias caracterizadas pela maior inclinação da caixa e adoção de posturas mais equilibradas do tronco, com afastamento dos pés. A experiência profissional parece determinar a adoção de estratégias de movimento diferentes do grupo inexperiente, em resposta às condições da atividade. Entretanto, novos estudos são sugeridos com o intuito de determinar se tais estratégias foram protetoras ou de risco. Ainda, o conjunto de resultados apresentados na dissertação levanta a hipótese de que a flexibilidade dos isquiotibiais seja um fator de risco para o aumento de sobrecarga na coluna, durante a realização do manuseio de materiais.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseHCN.pdf: 982841 bytes, checksum: bcab3da38d92906a3e65c80c31f92e51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-18 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) / Musculoskeletal risks involving manual box handling can be minimized with the adoption of preventive approaches such as the inclusion of handles in boxes. However, the literature indicates the acquisition of motor skills over working time, can also be a protective factor in development of musculoskeletal disorders. Thus, the study 1 aimed to evaluate the physical load of the upper arms and upper back between 37 novice and 21 experienced subject during handling a new box design compared to commercial ones. The order of surfaces to handle (places to boxes depositions – floor and shoulder levels) and the type of box was randomized. In addition to direct measures (electrogoniometry, inclinometry and electromyography) subjective scales were used to assess the comfort and perceived effort. In general, both experienced and inexperienced subjects had lower biomechanics load handling non-commercial boxes compared to commercial ones. However, the inexperienced subjects demonstrated greater reductions in physical overload during the handling of non-commercial boxes, being more advantageous the recommendation of these boxes for this user profile. In the real work setting, handling boxes is highly rotating mainly in developing countries. Thus, interventions focus on boxes could help the workers, who may have different levels of experience with the job. However, the real work environment involves other tasks besides handling box, and tasks distribution over time could minimize the handling risks. In this way, the study 2 has been proposed to assess the physical exposure in real environment, where in addition to handling box workers perform other activities, aiming to identify the representative handling task in the total work exposure. The biomechanical exposure was assessed from muscular electrical activity of trapezius and upper limb movement recordings during a period of 4 hours to the work routine. The results showed that handling box task required the greater activation of the trapezius in relation to other activities, particularly in peak loads (percentiles 90 and 99 APDF - Amplitude Probability Distribution Function). Effect size calculations have identified the magnitude of the difference between the tasks is large, particularly in peak loads. In relation to the total job, handling box differed by greater amplitudes of upper back forward flexion and left arm elevation postures. Thus, the handling task requires interventions to decrease the physical load in a real work environment in order to promote occupational health, as identified in simulated environment by other studies. The conclusions of this thesis are related to the importance of considering the profile of workers' experience and the need to assessment work exposure involving all tasks performed, emphasizing the importance of studies involving workers in the real working environment. / Os riscos musculoesqueléticos do manuseio de caixas podem ser minimizados a partir da adoção de medidas preventivas, como a inserção de alças em caixas. No entanto, a literatura aponta que a aquisição de habilidades motoras, ao longo do tempo de trabalho, também pode ser um fator protetor no desencadeamento de lesões musculoesqueléticas. Dessa forma, o Estudo 1 teve como objetivo avaliar a carga física dos membros superiores e do tronco superior imposta à 37 sujeitos inexperientes e 21 experientes durante o manuseio de um novo design de caixa, comparado às caixas comerciais. A ordem do ajuste das superfícies onde as caixas foram depositadas (chão e ombro) e da utilização das caixas foi randomizada. Além de medidas diretas (eletrogoniometria, inclinometria e eletromiografia) foram utilizadas escalas para avaliação da agradabilidade e do esforço percebido. Em linhas gerais, tanto os sujeitos experientes como os não experientes apresentaram menor carga biomecânica durante o manuseio das caixas não comerciais comparadas às comerciais. No entanto, os inexperientes demonstraram maiores reduções da sobrecarga física durante o manuseio das caixas não comerciais, sendo mais vantajosa a recomendação dessas caixas para esse perfil de usuário. O contexto real de trabalho, o manuseio de caixas nos países em desenvolvimento é altamente rotativo. Dessa forma, intervenções na caixa poderiam favorecer os trabalhadores, que podem ter diferentes níveis de experiência com o trabalho. No entanto, o ambiente real de trabalho envolve outras tarefas além do manuseio de caixas, e a forma como as tarefas são distribuídas ao longo do tempo poderiam minimizar os riscos do manuseio. Dessa forma, o estudo 2 foi proposto para avaliar a exposição física em ambiente real, onde além do manuseio de caixas os trabalhadores realizam outras atividades, a fim de identificar a representatividade do manuseio na exposição total do trabalho. A exposição foi avaliada a partir do registro da atividade elétrica muscular do trapézio e dos movimentos do membro superior durante um período de 4h da jornada de trabalho. Os resultados demonstraram que o manuseio de caixas exigiu a maior ativação do trapézio em relação às demais atividades realizadas, particularmente nas cargas de pico (percentis 90 e 99 da APDF – Amplitude Probability Distribution Function). Cálculos do tamanho do efeito identificaram que a magnitude da diferença entre as tarefas é grande, principalmente nas cargas de pico. Já em relação ao trabalho total, o manuseio de caixas se diferiu pelas maiores amplitudes da postura de flexão anterior da coluna superior e de elevação do membro superior esquerdo. Dessa forma, o manuseio de caixas requer intervenções para diminuição da sobrecarga física em ambiente real de trabalho, a fim de promover saúde ocupacional, como identificado em ambiente simulado por outros estudos. As conclusões desta tese são referentes à importância de se considerar o perfil de tempo de experiência dos trabalhadores, bem como a necessidade de avaliações da exposição do trabalho envolvendo todas as tarefas realizadas, enfatizando a importância de estudos realizados com trabalhadores e no ambiente real de trabalho. / FAPESP: 2013/04839-5 / FAPESP: 2015/12493-7 / CNPq: 162324/2012-0