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Understanding the complex needs of automotive training at final assembly lines

Hermawati, Setia; Lawson, Glyn; D'Cruz, Mirabelle; Arlt, Frank; Apold, Judith; Andersson, Lina; L�vgren, Maria Gink; Malmsk�ld, Lennart

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Authors

GLYN LAWSON GLYN.LAWSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Mirabelle D'Cruz

Frank Arlt

Judith Apold

Lina Andersson

Maria Gink L�vgren

Lennart Malmsk�ld



Abstract

Automobile final assembly operators must be highly skilled to succeed in a low automation environment where multiple variants must be assembled in quick succession. This paper presents formal user studies conducted at OPEL and VOLVO Group to identify assembly training needs and a subset of requirements; and to explore potential features of a hypothetical game-based virtual training system. Stakeholder analysis, timeline analysis, link analysis, Hierarchical Task Analysis and thematic content analysis were used to analyse the results of interviews with various stakeholders (17 and 28 participants at OPEL and VOLVO, respectively). The results show that there is a strong case for the implementation of virtual training for assembly tasks. However, it was also revealed that stakeholders would prefer to use a virtual training to complement, rather than replace, training on pre-series vehicles.

Citation

Hermawati, S., Lawson, G., D'Cruz, M., Arlt, F., Apold, J., Andersson, L., …Malmsköld, L. (2015). Understanding the complex needs of automotive training at final assembly lines. Applied Ergonomics, 46,Pt.A, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2014.07.014

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 26, 2014
Online Publication Date Aug 15, 2014
Publication Date Jan 2, 2015
Deposit Date Jul 11, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 11, 2016
Journal Applied Ergonomics
Print ISSN 0003-6870
Electronic ISSN 1872-9126
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46,Pt.A
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2014.07.014
Keywords Assembly; Virtual; Training
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/743854
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687014001367
Contract Date Jul 11, 2016

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