28 Major Companies are Finalists for Prestigious Ergo Cup in Applied Ergonomics

Can changing one or two things about the way someone does a job lead to savings for a company? And lead to a safer place and higher morale? Twenty-eight special companies worldwide say yes. They are all contenders in the prestigious Ergo Cup Award competition and will be demonstrating their solutions at the Applied Ergonomics Conference, March 12-15, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. Only 3 can win.

Norcross, GA (PRWEB) February 12, 2007 -- Can changing one or two things about the way someone does his or her job lead to savings for a company? And lead to a safer place and higher morale? Thirty-two special companies worldwide say yes. They are all contenders in the prestigious Ergo Cup Award competition and will be demonstrating their solutions at the Applied Ergonomics Conference, March 12-15, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. Only 3 can win.

Companies as diverse in operations and products as Boeing, Bridgestone, Dell, Delta Airlines, GE, Honda, J&J, Mary Kay, Harley Davidson, Toyota, Universal Orlando, and Sunrise Medical can prove that making process improvements from an ergonomic perspective, no matter how small, reaps big benefits.

The nationally recognized Ergo Cup, presented by IIE (www.iienet.org) and sponsored by The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina (www.theergonomicscenter.com) , provides an opportunity for companies to highlight successful ergonomic activities. 2007 marks the ninth year of this competition.

Using ergonomic tools to assess processes, they fix problem areas, document the results and develop training programs to train others in operating equipment properly. At the conference, they will excitedly tell you about their solutions to challenges in lifting heavy equipment, moving objects multiple times, and literally bending over backwards and twisting. There's even a Shrek costume re-do that will wow you.

The three winning companies are selected by a panel of judges. The 2006 winning companies were Sunrise Medical in the Team-driven Workplace Solutions category, Johnson & Johnson of France in the Training and Education category, and GE France in the Engineering/Ergonomist-driven Workplace solution category. The attendees to the conference select six other companies for Ergo Excellence awards.

The conference attracts professionals in ergonomics, manufacturing, healthcare, safety and engineering. This year's conference offers for the first time the "Applied Ergonomics Student Design Competition" for graduate students and is sponsored by Auburn Engineers, Inc. The conference will be held at the InterContinental Dallas in Addison, Texas and showcases Andrew S. Imada, Ph.D., CPE; Amy May, MS, CPE, Enterprise Ergonomics and Gerald Lancour, Director, both from The Boeing Company as keynote speakers; educational sessions including a Master Ergonomist track; unique Benchmarking sessions; vendor and Ergo Cup exhibits; facility tours, and pre- and post-conference in-depth workshops. Registration is open to non-members. Advanced Registration through Feb. 24, 2007 at $895. For information, visit www.appliedergo.org/conference or call 1-800-494-0460

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