What is Ergonization [sm]?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04078671esnimw.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar 2002"><U>Calendar 2002</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <B>What is Ergonization [sm]?</B>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="En Espanol"><U>En Espanol</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accountants"><U>Accountants</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TestimonialsWhat our Customers are sayin"><U>Testimonials--What our Customers are saying</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Affilations and Sponsors"><U>Affilations and Sponsors</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MENU OF PRODUCTS SERVICES"><U>MENU OF PRODUCTS & SERVICES</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041c83b3.png"> <div> Answers to the Question:</div> <div> Why would Ergonization<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCFF66" FACE="Arial" >SM</FONT> be meaningful in your Organization?</div> <bR> <div> Our Approach is <A HREF="http://www.gotergo.com/id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gotergo.com/id20.htm"><U>Unique</U></A>.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0bea3a00.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>What is Ergonization [sm]?</I></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="085191c0.jpg" border=0 width="25" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> The aim in elevating and improving your Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>SM</B></FONT> to be one of unequivicable value directly impacts the amount of work completed in any given time frame and your group's level of cost control.  As well, it impacts the usability of products your group may manufacture.   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800080" FACE="Arial" >Why one company alone in Austin, saved $900,000 last year alone in medical costs due to these same principles, and there was one organization in which 5 million dollars of losses were identified as being preventable.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>TAKE THE TEST--  </B></FONT><U>So, does your group qualify for needing </U><B><U>Ergonization</U></B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>SM</U></B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333300" FACE="Arial" ><B>?  </B><B><U>Find out by answering these questions:</U></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>$ </I><I> Is there product damaged with no explanations as to why? </I></div> <div> $  Do your employees complain of wrist strain, back aches? </div> <div> $<I>  Is there an excessively high number of workers who call out sick?  </I></div> <div> $ <I> </I>Are there high turn-arounds with employment with employees in the </div> <div>     shipping and receiving areas?</div> <div> $ <I>Does the work day seem to be rushed to hold meetings about safety?</I>  </div> <div> $  Are you in Human Resources or a Recruiter who is feeling the physical taxing </div> <div>     from the increase in resumes and applications which need to be handled?</div> <div> $<I>  Are you in academia or one who has a job sitting and have a difficult time </I></div> <div> <I>    maintaining attention on your work or studies due to seat or classroom  </I></div> <div> <I>    design?</I></div> <div> $  Have site development plans been reviewed ahead of time; so the heights of </div> <div>     countertops or work surfaces and items to be grabbed on shelves [by worker(s) </div> <div>     or consumer(s)] been evaluated with body-dimension charts to make certain the</div> <div>     task is expedient, and within human capabilities ...and to ward off liabilities</div> <div>     otherwise imposed by marketplace conditions?  If so, have "reasonable </div> <div>     accommodations" been pre-planned to recapture the buying potential of the </div> <div>     portion of the buyers who may be physically challenged under the </div> <div>     Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? </div> <div> $  <I>Is there a need to have someone come in periodically to assess or inspect</I></div> <div> <I>    how work is accomplished…but not enough work to have someone on full-</I></div> <div> <I>    time?</I></div> <div> $  Do end-users or customers complain of defective product or that the product</div> <div>     could be easier to use?  </div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#800080" FACE="Arial" ><B>-Our Approach -</B></FONT></div> <div> Only 1 Yes to any one of the questions above means that we may be called in to set the baseline from which to measure acceleration and deceleration in your group's <B>Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> SM</B></FONT><B>.  To achieve this:</B></div> <bR> <div> 1> We weigh lift-able items, and suspected heavy parts.</div> <bR> <div> 2> We measure the forces it takes to push and pull any items which are push and pulled by hand.</div> <bR> <div> 3> We measure extenuated angles of posture.  </div> <bR> <div> 4> We capture how may times there is static (still) forceful postures which slow </div> <div>      workers down and in-part cause fatigue.  </div> <bR> <div> 5> We measure distances of reach. </div> <bR> <div> 6> We define “how much is too much”, and we teach workers about the how and </div> <div>       whys of “how much is too much (posture, force, frequency, and duration-wise),</div> <div>       and how many times it is just a matter of inches.</div> <bR> <div> 7> We measure the thumb-to-pointer finger pressure for hand-related work.</div> <bR> <div> 8> We develop one-page bulletins of BEFORE and AFTER photos to show how</div> <div>      self-help changes the workers can make everyday improve productivity.  These </div> <div>      LESSONS-LEARNED are self-propagating since the information comes from </div> <div>      the workers in your business or organization.</div> <bR> <div> 9> We look at your Job Descriptions and show inconsistencies between Job </div> <div>      Description requirements and the actual work.  <B>Many times these same </B></div> <div> <B>     inconsistencies are the disconnect from which business losses sprout. </B></div> <div> <B>     Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> SM</B></FONT><B>  nips these in the bud</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>.                            </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> 10) We summarize what we learn about your business in an easy to read list of </div> <div>       recommendations.  </div> <bR> <div> 11) We show you how to take that list of recommendations and be self-sufficient by </div> <div>       making suggestions which are likely to improve your internal accountability</div> <div>       programs.   We trust this because we were the first ever to coin the terms <B> </B></div> <div> <B>      Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> SM</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ergonize</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Arial" ><B>SM</B></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div>                                <U>QUICK  TEST  #2</U></div> <div> <B>Question:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Why be accountable to no one else (?) and decrease the need to call in consultants?</B></div> <div> <B>Answer:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Your business goals are our business…and your goals are scores for our team!    </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>How so? </B></FONT>This is achieved by ERGOMAN seeing which products, and which tasks, activities and locations  in which workers are working at their<B> limit of capacity </B>and then showing how the same work may be planned so that the work is moreso within the workers' <B>capabilities.</B>   </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Why do we have this trust?</B></FONT>  From manufacturing lines, to shipping areas, and offices, and even living spaces, we do that by applying design parameters (measurements, and knowing the forces involved, etc.) that are more commonly and most successfully used now in Industry by companies when designing equipment and products.  <B>Using these same principles in the workplace increases your organization's Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> SM</B></FONT><B>.  Ergonization</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> SM</B></FONT><B> is an </B><I><B>Industry-by-Industry</B></I><B> easy</B><I><B> 4-Step-approach</B></I><B> aimed at making the workplace and products more usable and with less hesitation in labor activities, and making worker proficiency a likeable term.</B></div> <bR> <div> Typically we <I><B>unveil the unknown reasons</B></I><I><B> </B></I>why work is not getting completed on time and the measures we recommend result in re-captured time which is otherwise lost or un-noticed. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Call us today:</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>(512) 973-8677</B>.</div> <bR> <div> We will provide details for specific to your industry and explicit for each activity or product.  </div> <bR> <div> We are just not a bunch of talk.  We realize that  “Luck is when <U>preparation</U> meets opportunity”  and fortune is earned; not a happening of just chance itself.</div> <bR> <div> We help improve the bottom line.  <B>Ergonize</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Arial" ><B>SM</B></FONT>   today in <U>preparation</U> for tomorrow!</div> <bR> <div> ______________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>© Copyright 1996-2002, ERGOMAN, </B></div> <div> <B>All Rights reserved</B></div> <div> <B>Austin, Texas</B></div> <div> <B>Call (866) TAP-ERGO</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>[866-827-3746]</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>