The Peruvian manufacturing industry is one of high impact in Latin America with excellent quality materials and massive productive quantities making it an important industry for the country itself. Even so, with this sector being so significant, the prevalence rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remains high for companies with little capital and no investment capacity, such being the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the industry. Either due to mishandling of machinery or repetitiveness of labor, musculoskeletal disorders are a prevalent problem for manufacturing industries with little to no information on ergonomic ways of control as well as having a Lean focus to add value to the process. This paper seeks to find the validity of a model to reduce absenteeism and exposure to musculoskeletal disorders using ergonomic and Lean tools to promote safe practices and the preser...

The Peruvian manufacturing industry is one of high impact in Latin America with excellent quality materials and massive productive quantities making it an important industry for the country itself. Even so, with this sector being so significant, the prevalence rate of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remains high for companies with little capital and no investment capacity, such being the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the industry. Either due to mishandling of machinery or repetitiveness of labor, musculoskeletal disorders are a prevalent problem for manufacturing industries with little to no information on ergonomic ways of control as well as having a Lean focus to add value to the process. This paper seeks to find the validity of a model to reduce absenteeism and exposure to musculoskeletal disorders using ergonomic and Lean tools to promote safe practices and the preser...

Currently, the textile and clothing industry contributes 2% to the global annual GDP and generates more than 57 million jobs worldwide. In South America, a country with a high market share in the textile sector in Peru, whose industry is the objective of this research due to its lack of studies in the accessory sector of clothing. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common and leading cause of injury and disability in workers and in the clothing industry; it is due to the handling of materials that involve machinery with a high rate of repetition of work by operators. This article aims to reduce the percentage of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) by redesigning workstations and using combined ergonomic tools together with Lean tools so that, in addition to giving focus to workers, a different way can be found to add value to the process and improve productivity. A 71.85% decrease in MS...