Ergonomics and Lean Simplified

Two of the questions I get asked over and over depending on my audience and their familiarity with the “what, why and how” I do what I do are:  “Just what exactly is ergonomics?” and/or “Just what is this lean thing about?”  To answer those two questions I decided to define them by using the words themselves.  Below are the meaning of ergonomics and lean:

Easy

Respect for people (user & misuser)

Great fit, function and looks

Optimize human and system performance

Neutral postures and positions

Organized and seamless work flow

Measureable and meaningful improvement

Intuitive

Complex made simple

System Solutions that perfectly align man, machine, environment and culture

Listen to the experts (your employees) for efficiency improvement ideas

Evaluate their suggestions

Act on the best solutions

akNowledge their contribution

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What do you think?  Agree?  Disagree?