---
_id: '13349'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In weakly-structured work processes, workers are free to decide in which sequence
to process their tasks. Predicting their decision-making helps plan production
more accurately while preserving workers’ autonomy. The factors that influence
workers’ decision-making depend on the manufacturing process and person considered,
and they must be newly collected for each use case. This paper identifies the
factors influencing workers when deciding in which sequence to process manufacturing
tasks in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer. Five workers and two
lead workers were observed and interviewed during several work shifts about influencing
factors. The authors propose a new interview technique called indifference testing
to overcome subjects’ difficulty articulating their decision-making process. Collected
factors were categorized using inductive category formation and context analysis.
The analyses identified 75 influencing factors comprising 37 decision attributes
and 38 decision rules. The identified decision attributes indicate that worker
preferences are influenced by attributes from the classical scheduling literature
and attributes related to worker well-being, circadian rhythms, and ergonomics.
The identified decision rules are useful constituents of more complex preference
functions. The decision attributes and rules enable the construction of machine
learning models to predict workers’ task sequencing decisions in job shops. Potential
applications include systematically eliminating or controlling influencing factors
through workplace design measures to increase worker well-being and optimality
of their decisions.
author:
- first_name: Jan-Phillip
full_name: Herrmann, Jan-Phillip
id: '86180'
last_name: Herrmann
- first_name: Sven
full_name: Tackenberg, Sven
id: '71470'
last_name: Tackenberg
- first_name: Florens
full_name: Burgert, Florens
last_name: Burgert
- first_name: Verena
full_name: Nitsch, Verena
last_name: Nitsch
citation:
ama: Herrmann JP, Tackenberg S, Burgert F, Nitsch V. Influencing factors on worker
task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer. Procedia
Computer Science. 2025;253:1820-1829. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244
apa: Herrmann, J.-P., Tackenberg, S., Burgert, F., & Nitsch, V. (2025). Influencing
factors on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder
manufacturer. Procedia Computer Science, 253, 1820–1829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244
bjps: Herrmann J-P et al. (2025) Influencing Factors on Worker Task
Sequencing Decisions in a Medium-Sized Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturer. Procedia
Computer Science 253, 1820–1829.
chicago: 'Herrmann, Jan-Phillip, Sven Tackenberg, Florens Burgert, and Verena Nitsch.
“Influencing Factors on Worker Task Sequencing Decisions in a Medium-Sized Hydraulic
Cylinder Manufacturer.” Procedia Computer Science 253 (2025): 1820–29.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244.'
chicago-de: 'Herrmann, Jan-Phillip, Sven Tackenberg, Florens Burgert und Verena
Nitsch. 2025. Influencing factors on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized
hydraulic cylinder manufacturer. Procedia Computer Science 253: 1820–1829.
doi:10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Herrmann, Jan-Phillip
; Tackenberg, Sven ; Burgert,
Florens ; Nitsch, Verena:
Influencing factors on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic
cylinder manufacturer. In: Procedia Computer Science Bd. 253. Amsterdam,
Elsevier BV (2025), S. 1820–1829'
havard: J.-P. Herrmann, S. Tackenberg, F. Burgert, V. Nitsch, Influencing factors
on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer,
Procedia Computer Science. 253 (2025) 1820–1829.
ieee: 'J.-P. Herrmann, S. Tackenberg, F. Burgert, and V. Nitsch, “Influencing factors
on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer,”
Procedia Computer Science, vol. 253, pp. 1820–1829, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244.'
mla: Herrmann, Jan-Phillip, et al. “Influencing Factors on Worker Task Sequencing
Decisions in a Medium-Sized Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturer.” Procedia Computer
Science, vol. 253, 2025, pp. 1820–29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244.
short: J.-P. Herrmann, S. Tackenberg, F. Burgert, V. Nitsch, Procedia Computer Science
253 (2025) 1820–1829.
ufg: 'Herrmann, Jan-Phillip u. a.: Influencing factors on worker task sequencing
decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer, in: Procedia Computer
Science 253 (2025), S. 1820–1829.'
van: Herrmann JP, Tackenberg S, Burgert F, Nitsch V. Influencing factors on worker
task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic cylinder manufacturer. Procedia
Computer Science. 2025;253:1820–9.
date_created: 2026-01-29T10:15:17Z
date_updated: 2026-02-10T10:54:05Z
department:
- _id: DEP7020
doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.244
intvolume: ' 253'
keyword:
- Task Sequencing
- Manufacturing
- Learning To Rank
- Scheduling Human Factors
- Case Study
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1820-1829
place: Amsterdam
publication: Procedia Computer Science
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1877-0509
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Influencing factors on worker task sequencing decisions in a medium-sized hydraulic
cylinder manufacturer
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 253
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '12994'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: HUMAN 2023 is the 6th workshop of a series for the ACM Hypertext conferences.
The HUMAN workshop has a strong focus on the user and thus is complementary to
the strong machine analytics research direction that could be experienced in previous
conferences.The user-centric view on hypertext not only includes user interfaces
and interaction, but also discussions about hypertext application domains as well
as human-centered AI. Furthermore, the workshop raises the question of how original
hypertext ideas (e. g., Doug Engelbart’s "augmenting human intellect" [7] or Jeff
Conklin’s "hypertext as a computer-based medium for thinking and communication"
[6]) can improve today’s hypertext systems.
author:
- first_name: Jessica
full_name: Rubart, Jessica
id: '45672'
last_name: Rubart
- first_name: Claus
full_name: Atzenbeck, Claus
last_name: Atzenbeck
citation:
ama: 'Rubart J, Atzenbeck C. HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext.
ACM; 2023. doi:10.1145/3603163.3610576'
apa: 'Rubart, J., & Atzenbeck, C. (2023). HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors
in Hypertext. In Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social
Media. 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Rome, Italy. ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3610576'
bjps: 'Rubart J and Atzenbeck C (2023) HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human
Factors in Hypertext. New York, NY, USA: ACM.'
chicago: 'Rubart, Jessica, and Claus Atzenbeck. HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human
Factors in Hypertext. Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext
and Social Media. HT ’23. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3610576.'
chicago-de: 'Rubart, Jessica und Claus Atzenbeck. 2023. HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop
on Human Factors in Hypertext. Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on
Hypertext and Social Media. HT ’23. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/3603163.3610576,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Rubart, Jessica ; Atzenbeck, Claus: HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop
on Human Factors in Hypertext, HT ’23. New York, NY, USA : ACM, 2023'
havard: 'J. Rubart, C. Atzenbeck, HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext,
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023.'
ieee: 'J. Rubart and C. Atzenbeck, HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in
Hypertext. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2023. doi: 10.1145/3603163.3610576.'
mla: 'Rubart, Jessica, and Claus Atzenbeck. “HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors
in Hypertext.” Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social
Media, ACM, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3610576.'
short: 'J. Rubart, C. Atzenbeck, HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext,
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023.'
ufg: 'Rubart, Jessica/Atzenbeck, Claus: HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors
in Hypertext, New York, NY, USA 2023 (HT ’23).'
van: 'Rubart J, Atzenbeck C. HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext.
Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. New York,
NY, USA: ACM; 2023. (HT ’23).'
conference:
end_date: 2023-09-08
location: Rome, Italy
name: 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
start_date: 2023-09-04
date_created: 2025-06-18T13:24:37Z
date_updated: 2025-06-18T13:29:06Z
department:
- _id: DEP8000
doi: 10.1145/3603163.3610576
keyword:
- user interfaces
- information structuring
- decision making
- human-centered AI
- cognitive aspects
- scientific community
- digital humanities
- user interaction
- human factors
- user-centric
- annotation
- adaptive hypertext
- hypermedia
- collaboration
- information systems
- augmentation
- hypertext
- communication
- intercultural aspects
language:
- iso: eng
place: New York, NY, USA
publication: Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 979-8-4007-0232-7
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
series_title: HT '23
status: public
title: 'HUMAN’23: 6th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext'
type: conference_editor_article
user_id: '83781'
year: '2023'
...
---
_id: '1902'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The Toyota Production System became well-known in the 90s and stands for highly
efficient processes. The success of the production system stems from its methods
and its focus on human factors. For some years, production research has focused
on the topic of digital manufacturing. This technology-oriented approach is pursued
quite independently of the Toyota Production System. As a result, technical solutions
may prove incompatible with the Lean philosophy. Therefore, operational practice
must link the Lean philosophy with new technologies in order to make work processes
and material flows productive and ergonomic simultaneously. As a part of their
education in industrial engineering at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied
Sciences and Arts, students learn all current Lean methods by means of business
games. One of these has been supplemented with information technology components.
The objective of this article is to introduce this business game and to explain
its didactic concept.
author:
- first_name: Benjamin
full_name: Adrian, Benjamin
id: '42266'
last_name: Adrian
- first_name: Sven
full_name: Hinrichsen, Sven
id: '49010'
last_name: Hinrichsen
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Nikolenko, Alexander
id: '71431'
last_name: Nikolenko
- first_name: Frederic
full_name: Meyer, Frederic
id: '71656'
last_name: Meyer
citation:
ama: 'Adrian B, Hinrichsen S, Nikolenko A, Meyer F. How to Combine Lean, Human Factors
and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept. In: Nunes IL, ed. Advances
in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. Vol 959. Advances in Intelligent
Systems and Computing. Cham: Springer; 2020:45-55. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5'
apa: 'Adrian, B., Hinrichsen, S., Nikolenko, A., & Meyer, F. (2020). How to
Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept. In
I. L. Nunes (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction (Vol.
959, pp. 45–55). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5'
bjps: 'Adrian B et al. (2020) How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and
Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept. In Nunes IL (ed.), Advances in
Human Factors and Systems Interaction, vol. 959. Cham: Springer, pp. 45–55.'
chicago: 'Adrian, Benjamin, Sven Hinrichsen, Alexander Nikolenko, and Frederic Meyer.
“How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept.”
In Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction, edited by Isabel
L. Nunes, 959:45–55. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Cham: Springer,
2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5.'
chicago-de: 'Adrian, Benjamin, Sven Hinrichsen, Alexander Nikolenko und Frederic
Meyer. 2020. How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A
Teaching Concept. In: Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction,
hg. von Isabel L. Nunes, 959:45–55. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing.
Cham: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Adrian, Benjamin ; Hinrichsen, Sven ; Nikolenko,
Alexander ; Meyer, Frederic:
How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept.
In: Nunes, I. L. (Hrsg.): Advances
in Human Factors and Systems Interaction, Advances in Intelligent Systems
and Computing. Bd. 959. Cham : Springer, 2020, S. 45–55'
havard: 'B. Adrian, S. Hinrichsen, A. Nikolenko, F. Meyer, How to Combine Lean,
Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept, in: I.L. Nunes (Ed.),
Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction, Springer, Cham, 2020: pp. 45–55.'
ieee: B. Adrian, S. Hinrichsen, A. Nikolenko, and F. Meyer, “How to Combine Lean,
Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept,” in Advances
in Human Factors and Systems Interaction, Washington D.C., USA, 2020, vol.
959, pp. 45–55.
mla: Adrian, Benjamin, et al. “How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing
– A Teaching Concept.” Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction,
edited by Isabel L. Nunes, vol. 959, Springer, 2020, pp. 45–55, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5.
short: 'B. Adrian, S. Hinrichsen, A. Nikolenko, F. Meyer, in: I.L. Nunes (Ed.),
Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp. 45–55.'
ufg: 'Adrian, Benjamin et. al. (2020): How to Combine Lean, Human Factors
and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept, in: Isabel L. Nunes (Hg.): Advances
in Human Factors and Systems Interaction (=Advances in Intelligent Systems
and Computing 959), Cham, S. 45–55.'
van: 'Adrian B, Hinrichsen S, Nikolenko A, Meyer F. How to Combine Lean, Human Factors
and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept. In: Nunes IL, editor. Advances
in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. Cham: Springer; 2020. p. 45–55. (Advances
in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 959).'
conference:
end_date: 2019-07-28
location: Washington D.C., USA
name: '10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2019 '
start_date: 2019-07-24
date_created: 2019-09-10T06:21:13Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:49:37Z
department:
- _id: DEP7020
- _id: DEP1305
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_5
editor:
- first_name: Isabel L.
full_name: Nunes, Isabel L.
last_name: Nunes
intvolume: ' 959'
keyword:
- Lean
- Human factors
- Digital manufacturing
- Business game
- Evaluation
- Questionnaire
language:
- iso: eng
page: 45-55
place: Cham
publication: Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction
publication_identifier:
eisbn:
- 978-3-030-20040-4
isbn:
- 978-3-030-20039-8
issn:
- 2194-5357
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
quality_controlled: '1'
series_title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
status: public
title: How to Combine Lean, Human Factors and Digital Manufacturing – A Teaching Concept
type: conference
user_id: '74004'
volume: 959
year: 2020
...
---
_id: '4500'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'This paper identifies social and technological concerns, which are likely
to emerge through the integration of Ubiquitous Computing technologies in future
work environments. The concerns presented in this paper were collected by reviewing
relevant literature from different research domains and are clustered into two
groups. The first group of concerns concentrates on the violation of individual
user privacy and the consequences, which arise from these privacy breaches. The
second group addresses environmental and societal transformation processes caused
by a large-scale penetration of future information and communication technologies
into everyday life. '
author:
- first_name: Carsten
full_name: Röcker, Carsten
id: '61525'
last_name: Röcker
citation:
ama: 'Röcker C. Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of Ubiquitous
Computing Technologies. Issues in information systems : IIS / International
Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS . 2010;11(1):61-68. doi:10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68'
apa: 'Röcker, C. (2010). Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage
of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies. Issues in Information Systems : IIS /
International Association Für Computer Information Systems, IACIS , 11(1),
61–68. https://doi.org/10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68'
bjps: 'Röcker C (2010) Social and Technological Concerns Associated with
the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies. Issues in information systems :
IIS / International Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS 11,
61–68.'
chicago: 'Röcker, Carsten. “Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the
Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies.” Issues in Information Systems :
IIS / International Association Für Computer Information Systems, IACIS 11,
no. 1 (2010): 61–68. https://doi.org/10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68.'
chicago-de: 'Röcker, Carsten. 2010. Social and Technological Concerns Associated
with the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies. Issues in information
systems : IIS / International Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS
11, Nr. 1: 61–68. doi:10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Röcker, Carsten: Social
and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies.
In: Issues in information systems : IIS / International Association für Computer
Information Systems, IACIS Bd. 11. [S.l.] (2010), Nr. 1, S. 61–68'
havard: 'C. Röcker, Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage
of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies, Issues in Information Systems : IIS / International
Association Für Computer Information Systems, IACIS . 11 (2010) 61–68.'
ieee: 'C. Röcker, “Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of
Ubiquitous Computing Technologies,” Issues in information systems : IIS / International
Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS , vol. 11, no. 1, pp.
61–68, 2010.'
mla: 'Röcker, Carsten. “Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage
of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies.” Issues in Information Systems : IIS
/ International Association Für Computer Information Systems, IACIS , vol.
11, no. 1, 2010, pp. 61–68, doi:10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68.'
short: 'C. Röcker, Issues in Information Systems : IIS / International Association
Für Computer Information Systems, IACIS 11 (2010) 61–68.'
ufg: 'Röcker, Carsten (2010): Social and Technological Concerns Associated
with the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing Technologies, in: Issues in information
systems : IIS / International Association für Computer Information Systems, IACIS
11 (1), S. 61–68.'
van: 'Röcker C. Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of Ubiquitous
Computing Technologies. Issues in information systems : IIS / International Association
für Computer Information Systems, IACIS . 2010;11(1):61–8.'
date_created: 2021-01-21T09:21:34Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:49:53Z
department:
- _id: DEP5023
doi: 10.48009/1_iis_2010_61-68
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 11'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing
- Ambient Intelligence
- Human Factors
- Technology Acceptance
- User Requirements
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
page: pp. 61 - 68
place: '[S.l.]'
publication: 'Issues in information systems : IIS / International Association für
Computer Information Systems, IACIS '
publication_identifier:
issn:
- '1529-7314 '
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Social and Technological Concerns Associated with the Usage of Ubiquitous Computing
Technologies
type: journal_article
user_id: '15514'
volume: 11
year: 2010
...