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Enhancing Workplace Efficiency: Cut-Off Operation Optimization

Explore methods for improving cut-off operations in a surgical setting to increase productivity and reduce fatigue, with a focus on cost-effectiveness.

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Enhancing Workplace Efficiency: Cut-Off Operation Optimization

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  1. IE 327 Introduction to Work Design Dr. Andris Freivalds Class #18 IE 327

  2. Implement Proposed Method(Ch. 8, pp. 333-345) Decision Making Tables – Hazard Action Table IE 327

  3. Cut-Off Operation(Disposable scalpel blades) • Surgical steel blades pre-cut on strip • Places rubber nib on last blade • Presses pedal to separate blade • Picks up and inserts into foam pad on tray which goes • For further assembly into handle IE 327

  4. Alternative Methods for Cut-Off Operation • Ankle fatigue – replace manual foot pedal with electric foot switch • Neck fatigue – adjust stereoscope • Neck fatigue – video projection system • Pinch grip – gravity drop chute • Pinch grip – replace tweezers with vacuum operated stylus IE 327

  5. Decision Table Analysis Conditions #1 = < $200 Condition #2 = productivity ↑ %5 Condition #3 = injuries ↓ 33% Policy = 1∩(2U3) IE 327

  6. Value Engineering Analysis Best IE 327

  7. Cost Benefit Analysis IE 327

  8. Crossover (Break-even) Analysis Wages = $9.60/hr or $0.16/min IE 327

  9. Crossover (Break-even) Plot IE 327

  10. Present and Install the New Method - 1 • Oral/written presentation • SELL the new method • Resistance to change • Hawthorne effect • Act of measuring something changes it • Human relations IE 327

  11. Present and Install the New Method - 2 • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA 1990) • Outlaws discrimination against disability • Substantially limits a major life activity • Employer must provide reasonable accommodation • Should not be undue hardship on employer • Follow-up (feedback) IE 327

  12. Fig. 2.1 – Steps in Methods Study IE 327

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