Investigating work-related ill health effects in optimizing the performance of manufacturing systems
Working environment affects operators health condition and the system performance. However, OR studies rarely consider working environment effects in system performance. Work-related ill health (WIH) risk factors are considered to model health states of the operators. Heath states are modeled using a 2-state Markov chain in the system optimization model. We found that between 0.52 percent and 8 percent increase in the total cost as WIH risk levels change.
optimization operations research serial assembly line workplace risk factors work-related health problems