Human Factors Application
WhiteLight Design offers a comprehensive application of Human Factors Engineering or Design Services focusing on the User-Product interface and user friendly product design. We understand that for a product to be successful in the marketplace it must be easy to use. For a complete presentation of how we can help you please call us at 770 277 7097 for an initial consultation.*
“Human Factors” (HF) and “Ergonomics” are the backbone of our services and an applied engineering science that is the core of industrial design and satisfying the User-Product Interface related to defined usability, accessibility and universal design needs. Our focus on Human Factors involves the study of all aspects of the way humans relate to and interact with the world and products around them, with the aim of improving operational performance, safety, usability and comfort, in the experience of the end consumer. We use Human Factors which is really the science of qualifying the properties of human capabilities including both static and dynamic body measurements (anthropometrics) and statistical analysis data on the distribution of the dimensions in the population to optimize products, tasks and environments or the User-Product Interface. See HF Fundamentals
Our focus is Human Factors related to the study of the human body and products and environment interfaces: physical (how they fit / size) and mental (how they react to the experience of interfacing with the product or performing specific tasks) and the application of this information to the design and development of products, systems and services. See HF Data Anthropometrics refers to the measurement of individuals for the purposes of understanding physical variation, Including both static and dynamic measurement using statistical analysis. Ergonomics is about work or task applications and use of human factors and anthropometrics to optimize how individuals and companies plan and design commercial and industrial occupational environments to establish baselines and maximization of the product and manufacturing or assembly efficiency and quality of an employees’ work. Ergonomics is now employed in all large industries usually implemented on an organizational scale including quality control programs such as Lean manufacturing or “Just in Time”, zero inventory. See Systems Engineering
Areas of human factors and user-product interface services may include: both personal and commercial product development including ergonomic issues such as product sizing & adjustability, usability, localization and universal design or “accessibility for all”. These may include product – human factors analyses for specific product tasks such as training, communication analyses, task analyses, functional and performance requirements analyses, schematic layout, task allocations, task descriptions and functions, procedures and procedure use, learning curve and user and abilities. As our world and environment becomes more populated, diversified, and complex the need for sound Anthropometrics, Human Factors and User Interface Design becomes even more important. Practice of good ergonomics and User Interface Design is usually punished or rewarded by the end users based on user acceptance and sales volume.
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