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Is it Possible to Effectively Implement Ergonomic Considerations in Product Development?

Although the ergonomics is the practice of designing products, systems or processes to take proper account of the interaction between them and the people who use them, it is almost impossible to assure proper and purposeful ergonomics considerations implementation in product development, and predict desired consequences. Paper objective is to investigate most common problems that complicate implementation of ergonomics in order to ensure effective design process and ergonomically designed products. If properly implemented, meaningful and user friendly product utilization through properly applied ergonomics guidelines and suggestions may be achieved. Consequently, this improves human performance and efficacy in demanded tasks. The most pronounced finding indicates that the real problem is in the great diversity of ergonomic design problems and in multidisciplinary of necessary skills and knowledge. Furthermore, there is the uncertainty of end-effects of their implementation, dependence on subjectivity and of course, the education system which fails to cover all domains of ergonomics into integral knowledge platform. Finally, it is somewhat confusing which steps and strategies would enable desired effect: is it education, proper behavior in design phases or something else.

ergonomic considerations ; product development ; effective design

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