Sofa manufacturing requires 290 workers (166 men and 124 women) grouped in 16 sectors.
Only four out of six sectors related to assembly/transformation (wooden frame assembly, straps placement, foam gluing, and upholstery), encompassing 81 workers, were supposed to occupy the new facilities.
Therefore only those sectors were focused on this study.
The project team was composed of four ergonomists (two engineers,two physiotherapists), three industrial engineers from the University, two managers and the workers from the mentioned sectors.