Information for operational tasks: five cases in Swedish production

• Better resource utilisation for production systems can be achieved in many different ways. When it comes tohuman workers, they can either be allocated as more flexible machines, loaded with materials and a set ofinstructions, or they can be trusted to plan their own work. Moving towards the more automated and highlyconnected future production system suggests that human operators should be more empowered. This requires thatthey can be provided with the tools and environment that allow for this. Human workers need information but it isnot clear how that information should be made available. This study presents five cases from four Swedishcompanies in the manufacturing industry. The tasks and decisions the operators do are presented in relation to theinformation that is available, the experience level needed and the communication of the eventual outcome.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Kommunikationssystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Communication Systems (hsv//eng)

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