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Applying Workflow Management System to CPC (CPC에서의 Workflow 응용)

  • 전희철
    • CDE review
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2002
  • Collaborative product commerce(CPC) involves many people working together with heterogeneous and distributed software applications. For such an environment, Workflow Management System(WFMS) can be useful for coordination of people, software agents and processes. It provides diverse services including automatic work muting, project management continuous process improvement and application integration. However, there are some limitations to apply WFMS to CPC environment due to inflexibility and lack of design support facilities. This paper identifies the problems and addresses possible approaches to overcome the difficulties.

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A Study on Agricultural Safety Technology for Ergonomic Intervention in Farm-work (인간공학적 작업개선을 위한 농업인 안전 기술 동향 연구)

  • Lee, Kyung-Suk;Kim, Hyo-Cher;Chae, Hye-Seon;Kim, Kyung-Ran;Lee, Soo-Jin;Lim, Dae-Seop
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.225-239
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    • 2010
  • A high prevalence of farmer's work-related musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs) have been reported in precedent studies. Risk factors - physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic risk factor etc. - in farm-work were identified by previous studies. To prevent farmers from exposing to them and reduce, Agricultural Safety Technology were introduced and used on farm. The purpose of this study is to review and summarize the agricultural safety technology on farm in Korea. According to strategy principles, this technology is classified as four criteria - workload reduction by reducing awkward posture, workload reduction by using manual material handling aids, Comfort improvement by protecting worker from hot, cold environment and work efficiency improvement by workplace redesign and cultivation modification. This technology includes transporting tools, working cloth, personal protective equipment, and pesticide-proof Clothing. Anthropometric study of Korean farmers was also carried out to support the development of equipment and clothes. In long terms, it needs to precaution activity from risk factors by using cultivation modification and working improvement. Although working condition gets better and workload reduce by this technology, it required customized safety technology in each crops - rice cultivation, horticulture and livestock farming. And farmers should use the assistive technology and participate voluntarily in ergonomic intervention program.

Effect of Environmentally Friendly Management Activities of SMEs on Job Improvement (중소 제조업체의 친환경적 경영활동이 직무향상에 미치는 영향)

  • Sang-Mok Bae
    • Industry Promotion Research
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2023
  • This study is an empirical study on the effect of eco-friendly management activities of small and medium-sized manufacturers on job improvement. The summary of the analysis results is as follows. first. Among the eco-friendly management activities of SMEs, it was analyzed that social activities did not have a statistically significant effect on job improvement, and second. Environmental activities were found to have a significant effect on work productivity with 𝛽= .394 (p<.001), and job satisfaction showed a low causal relationship with 𝛽=.216, p<.05, and third. Economic management activities were found to have a significant effect on job satisfaction, with 𝛽= .388 (p<.001). In addition, a low causal relationship was confirmed with 𝛽= .267 (p<.01) in work productivity. Therefore, among the effects on job improvement, it was found that environmental activities affect job productivity and economic management activities affect job satisfaction. This study is meaningful in creating an environment for SMEs' eco-friendly management activities, presenting competitive strategic directions, and providing basic data for research.

A Study for Farmers to Reduce Work Load on the Different Working Conditions (part I) - Cultivating Lettuce in the Winter Greenhouse - (농민의 작업환경별 노동부담 경감방안에 관한 연구(I) -겨울철 비닐하우스에서 상추재배 작업을 중심으로-)

  • 김명주;최정화
    • Korean Journal of Rural Living Science
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 1997
  • In this study we tried to give a decision on propriety of working conditions, to present ideas on reducing work loads. and to grope for efficiency of agricultural works. For this we examined the actual conditions of working environment, farmer's clothes, working posture, working methods, working time, resting state, fatigue recovery methods during cultivating lettuce in the winter greenhouse. And Ive improved harmful factors that affect farmer's health by considering results of previous study and farmer's subjective sensation. And we measured, compared, and analyzed the farmer's work loads before and after improvement. The results of this study are as follows ; 1. According to examine the actual conditions of cultivating lettuce in the winter greenhouse, farmers have experienced physical and mental chronic fatigue on the basis of the hot and humid crops-centered working environment, the rough ground condition, inconsistent arrangement of working stand and sorter, heavy-weared habits. and unsuitable working posture. 2. When we improved harmful factors that affect farmer's health, conformed the positive effects on important work efficiency index such as heart rate, electromyovolume, body temperature, and microclimate inside clothing and work loads were decreased by improving the hot and humid working environment, eliminating the hillock and obstacles of working path. deliver way, arranging the working stand and sorter consistantly, decreasing the clothing weight, improving the working postures and methods as using assistant appliances, alloting the working time and sequence effectively and presenting the light gymnastic exercises and rest for fatigue restoration.

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Development of a 3-D Immersion Type Training Simulator

  • Jung, Young-Beom;Park, Chang-Hyun;Jang, Gil-Soo
    • KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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    • v.4A no.4
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    • pp.171-177
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    • 2004
  • In the current age of the information oriented society in which we live, many people use PCs and are dependant on the databases provided by the network server. However, online data can be missed during the occurrence of a blackout and furthermore, power failure can greatly effect Power Quality. This has resulted in the trend of using interruption-free live-line work when trouble occurs in a power system. However, 83% of the population receives an electric shock experience when a laborer is performing interruption-free live-line work. In the interruption-free method, education and training problems have been pinpointed. However, there are few instructors to implement the necessary training. Furthermore, the trainees undergo only a short training period of just 4 weeks. In this paper, to develop a method with no restrictions on time and place and to ensure a reduction in the misuse of materials, immersion type virtual reality (or environment) technology is used. The users of a 3D immersion type VR training system can interact with the system by performing the equivalent action in a safe environment. Thus, it can be valuable to apply this training system to such dangerous work as 'Interruption-free live-line work exchanging COS (Cut-Out-Switch)'. In this program, the user carries out work according to instructions displayed through the window and speaker and cannot perform other tasks until each part of the task is completed in the proper sequence. The workers using this system can utilize their hands and viewpoint movement since they are in a real environment but the trainee cannot use all parts and senses of a real body with the current VR technology. Despite these weak points, when we consider the trends of improvement in electrical devices and communication technology, we can say that 3D graphic VR application has high potentiality.

The Study of Work Environment of Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals (요양병원 간호사의 근무환경 실태조사)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Kye-Ha
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.250-258
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the work environment of nurses in long-term carer hospitals and to help in their work environment improvement through these results. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. A convenience sample of 179 subjects including staff nurses and nurse managers over head nurses working in long-term care hospitals located in Gwangju city were recruited. The data were collected from July to December 2015. A structured questionnaires were used as a study instrument, and included questions regarding subjects' general characteristics, hospital-related characteristics, and work environment. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 22.0. The results showed that 73.2% of subjects were working in hospitals established by individuals. The most of long-term care hospitals accepted accreditation program. The ratio of nurses to nurse aiders of was 1:2. The numbers of off duty was 8 days, and average annual salary was 2,500~3,000 ten thousand won in nurses of long-term care hospitals. Based on these results, work environment of nurses of long-term care hospitals was not good. Therefore, the results suggest qualitative research to investigate deeply how to recognize on work environment like this for nurses of long-term care hospitals.

The Structural Relationships of Farm Village Development Work, Brand Equity and Social and Economic Performance (농촌지역개발사업 지원과 농촌마을의 브랜드자산 및 농촌마을의 사회경제적 효과의 구조적 관계)

  • Lee, Byung-Jun;Ahn, Dong-Seop;Back, Seoung-Woo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.600-612
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    • 2020
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the relationships among support for farm village development work, farm village's brand equity and social and economic performance. The questionnaire was performed for 380 villagers in Jeollabuk-do Province. The surveyed data was analyzed by structural equation model analysis and Sobel test. Support for farm village development work such as living environment improvement project, income foundation creation project, rural tourism facilities project, and regional competency education project showed statistically significant positive effects on the farm village's brand equity. The farm village's brand equity also showed a statistically significant positive effect on the social and economic performance. The support for farm village development work such as living environment improvement project, village landscape improvement project, income foundation creation project, rural tourism facilities project, and regional competency education project showed no statistically significant effects on the social and economic performance. But, they showed statistically significant effects on the social and economic performance in indirect manner with the mediating effect of the farm village's brand equity. In this study, the effect factors on the farm village's brand equity and social and economic performance was verified in farm village development strategy, and then, it is meaningful to present the role and importance of support for farm village development work.

An Empirical Study on method to Reduce of Human Error of High-Speed Train Drivers (고속철도 운전직무의 휴먼에러 감축방안을 위한 실증적 연구)

  • Joo, Chang Hoon;Kim, Tae Gil;Lim, Jeong Oun;Kang, Kyung Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2014
  • This study tried to propose plan to prevent human error of railroad driver among human error of railroad worker which takes great share in railroad accident. For this, in order to maintain correlation between the accident actually occurred after the opening of high-speed railroad and experience of accident that did not happened, survey on respondent was analyzed by conducting survey on KTX captain who is working in driving work of high-speed railroad, and instruction management team manager who manages KTX captain and captain. This thesis classified the factors by human factor, job factor, environment factor, organization factor, and established human error management model by comparing and analyzing how each factors have spatial interrelations with a railroad accident. The purpose of this study is to contribute to make safe railroad, and reliable railroad by preventing human error accident by minimizing human error of high-speed railroad drivers, and improving driving workers to cope accurately and fast with irregularities through various institutional improvement, improvement of driving facilities, improvement of operating room environment, and improvement of education system.

Oral health improvement and satisfaction among recipients of home-visiting oral health education (방문구강건강교육 대상자의 구강건강개선 및 교육에 대한 만족도)

  • Seon-Yeong Kim;Jae-Ra Lee;Il-Shin Kim;Min-Sook Jeong;Sang-Eun Moon;Sun-Hwa Hong;Bo-Ram Lee;Hyeong-Seok Lim;Mi-Ra Lee;Young-Ae Yun;Myung-Ok Ha
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.479-488
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    • 2024
  • Objectives: In connection with government projects, the Gwangju medical welfare social cooperative launched the "Visit Oral Health Education Activities" as part of the Gwangju+ Gwangsan Integrated Care Service Project in 2023. This study aims to analyze the improvement in oral health and the level of satisfaction following home-visiting oral health education. Methods: A total of 51 participants who had undergone home-visiting oral health education more than seven times and agreed to participate were eligible for interviews. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: As a result of oral environment improvement and satisfaction with home-visiting oral health education, the average satisfaction scores were 4.67 for educator attitude, 4.46 for educational activities, 3.82 for oral health improvement, and 3.55 for self-management attitude improvement. Satisfaction with oral health improvement showed a positive correlation with educators' work attitude, satisfaction with educational activities, and improvement in self-management attitude. Conclusions: To improve satisfaction with home-visiting oral health education, the development of various educational programs and standardization of educator work manuals are necessary.

Gender Differences in Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Agricultural Workers

  • Kim, Yu-Chang;Shin, Yong-Seok
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.535-540
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    • 2011
  • Objective: The aim of this paper is to survey the gender differences Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among agriculture workers. Background: The number of occupational injuries has been decreasing trend in Korea, but it has been increasing in agriculture. The ratio of women worker shows steady increasing trend among the agricultural worker in Korea. Method: This study investigated through the questionnaire to 358 agricultural workers who are working for agriculture located in Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk and Jeju. Results: The task types occurring frequently and the weight of a heavy object handled according to the sex were showed statistically significant difference. The estimation of WMSDs patients by sex appeared statistically very significant difference. Conclusion: The prevalence rate of WMSDs in female was about 21 percent higher than the prevalence rate of WMSDs in male. Application: The result of this study will help improvement of work environment and prevention of WMSDs in agricultural work.