Assessment methodology to design an ergonomic and sustainable order picking system using motion capturing systems

This paper focuses on a preventive approach for an ergonomic assessment methodology applicable in order picking systems with little effort. The approach intends to support logistic planners to ensure a sustainable physical stress on operator's body while handling a various number of complex products during order picking processes. The developed assessment methodology is based on an ergonomically recognised screening method (Multiple Loads Tool) and serves as a combined overall ergonomic risk estimation of various types of manual handling tasks by observing body postures during order picking. Implementing and using motion capturing systems provide an automatic and on-going capture of the operator's body postures while handling loads. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.