Use of mathematical programming for workplace design in sewing rooms

Shows an approach to workplace design, employing a well‐known prescribed technological operation. Using a non‐linear optimization method, searches for the minimal value of the objective function with respect to the constraints determined by the human locomotive sytem and by the prescribed technological operation of sewing cloth parts. Demonstrates the usefulness of this approach with a sewing example, where the reference task is the movement of the operator’s arms with the defined velocity profile.