AssemblySuite™, the planning software for balanced series production from TAKTIQ GmbH & Co. KG, uses EAWS® (Ergonomic Assessment Work Sheet) for ergonomic assessment of manual work systems. With the seal of approval “approved by MTM ASSOCIATION e. V., the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. has now confirmed the conformity of the ergonomic assessment in AssemblySuite™ with the requirements and standards defined in the test criteria. The technical evaluation was carried out by Fondazione Ergo-MTM Italia. Italy also saw the first contact with MTM and the EAWS® ergonomics standard, as TAKTIQ Managing Director Dr. Simon Altemeier revealed in an interview.
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The TMU Calculator® from the software manufacturer Cut Corners GmbH, the first mobile MTM application for determining target times, bears the seal of quality “approved by MTM ASSOCIATION”.
How can artificial intelligence, automatic data acquisition, data processing and data representation and augmented reality technology work together to master the challenges of industrial work in the future, even in medium-sized companies? The research project AI-MDA (“Automatic input processing for MTM-analyses and displaying in augmented reality environments”) should provide answers.
The Stifterverband, a joint initiative of companies and foundations, advises its approx. 3,000 members from business, science, politics and civil society on the core topics of education, science and innovation, networks and promotes the actors. Since 2014, the Stifterverband has recognized the commitment of research-based companies in the further development of the economy and society in Germany with the seal “Innovative through research”. Now the Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft Industrie- und Wirtschaftsberatung mbH has also received this seal.
The ema Work Designer of imk Industrial Intelligence GmbH, a scientifically based simulation software for virtual workplace design and process planning of industrial production processes using a 3D human model, is one of the first products to receive the seal of approval “approved by MTM ASSOCIATION”.
Can the benchmark eHpV (engineered hours per vehicle) used in vehicle construction be used as a cross-industry key figure in production? The answer will be available on April 12th, 2022 in an online meetup with Olaf Damitz, Volkswagen, and Dr. Thomas Finsterbusch, MTM ASSOCIATION e. V
The results of the Human Work Design (HWD®) development project were officially handed over to the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. during the MTM SUMMIT 2021. Now the cooperation is to be continued within the framework of a User Group MTM-HWD®. Start is on 15.02.2022.
At the group headquarters of power tool manufacturer STIHL in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, the MTM method standard has long been established. Since the end of 2021, the Austrian site STIHL Tirol GmbH has also had it in writing: With the seal of approval “approved by MTM ASSOCIATION”, the industry association confirms the company’s…
EAWS (Ergonomic Assessment Work Sheet) is the internationally recognized standard for assessing the ergonomic risk of activities at workplaces. Associazione MTM Italia has now officially handed over the management and further development of the ergonomics standard to the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V.
Knuth Jasker, former managing director of Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft mbH and co-developer of the new MTM-HWD® process building block system, described the official handover of the results of the Human Work Design (HWD®) development project to MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. as a “historic moment for industrial engineering”.