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

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: 0003-6870
• 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