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Abstract
Industry 4.0 factories require smart and skilled operators – Operators 4.0. We evaluated three Operator 4.0 solutions that aim to empower and engage workers, so that workers can understand and develop their own competences and they can take an active role in developing the manufacturing environment. 118 shop stewards from different factories assessed user experience, user acceptance and foreseen impacts of the solutions. The results show that there are high expectations towards the virtual factory-based participatory design solution. Opinions were shared about empowering the worker by feedback about worker well-being and work achievements. The solution was seen interesting and useful but there were doubts regarding privacy. Contextual knowledge sharing was felt important but the workers were a bit skeptical as many previous knowledge sharing attempts had been failed. The results give insight to how the solutions should be further developed and how the solutions should be introduced at factory floor.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in Production Management Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Production Management for the Factory of the Future - IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2019, Proceedings |
Editors | Farhad Ameri, Kathryn E. Stecke, Gregor von Cieminski, Dimitris Kiritsis |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 615-623 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-30000-5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-29999-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2019 - Austin, United States Duration: 1 Sept 2019 → 5 Sept 2019 |
Publication series
Series | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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Volume | 566 |
ISSN | 1868-4238 |
Conference
Conference | IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2019 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 1/09/19 → 5/09/19 |
Funding
This research was funded under the European Commission's H2020 framework programme in the project Factory2Fit Empowering and Participatory Adaptation of Factory Automation to Fit for Workers (Grant agreement 723277).
Keywords
- Impact assessment
- Operator 4.0
- User acceptance
- User experience
- User study
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Factory2Fit: Empowering and participatory adaptation of factory automation to fit for workers
Kaasinen, E. (Manager), Aromaa, S. (Participant), Heikkilä, P. (Participant), Liinasuo, M. (Participant) & Kuula, T. (Participant)
1/10/16 → 30/09/19
Project: EU project