Sharing information across plants is difficult at best. Ford's Automated Evidence Book using a Web-browser interface to send and receive data from a centralized database over a corporate intranet. Data is entered into the system once and feeds multiple reports to fulfill documentation and management requirements. ErgoRx shares job location, injury, severity, and occurrence data with other corporate systems. Corporate and division ergonomics personnel may view LEC data remotely and obtain measures of overall program effectiveness directly.
Users can view other plants' completed concerns and share ergonomic problems and solutions on-line.
LECs can electronically submit completed concerns as ergonomic best practices for distribution to the global Ford community through a corporate Best Practices site. The intranet architecture permits cost-effective management and distribution of the ErgoRx software and documentation. Updates are made at the central server, giving users immediate access to the latest versions and most recent data. In reducing administrative workload and facilitating information sharing among plants and management, ErgoRx serves as a key component of Ford's global ergonomics strategy. WA Demonstrating the positive impact of implementing ergonomics is crucial to developing and maintaining the support of management.