Intelligent Macroergonomics Approach for Evaluation of Integrated Manufacturing, Organization, Human Resources, and Information Systems

Abstract

This paper presents an intelligent-based macroergonomic approach to integration of Manufacturing System, Organization, Information Subsystem and Human Resources. The purpose of this approach is to aid in planning and evaluation of the overall design quality of the IMS systems from the macroergonomic point of view. The proposed method can be used to evaluate the overall design quality of the IMS system prior to implementation, or to evaluate an existing IMS system, to compare alternative IMS system designs, and to do “what-if” type analysis about the effect of system improvements on the quality of integration between technology, organization and people.