Running down to the supply store to buy an office “tool” is one thing; purchasing a multi-million dollar tool for a wafer fabrication facility is quite another. And when the process of purchasing something that big and expensive becomes an art, acquiring the right tool for any situation is simple.
Paul Schwab, a corporate ergonomist at Texas Instruments (TI) worked on a project, along with Keith M. White, Ph.D., CPE, to do just that
This article originally appeared in The Ergonomics Report™ on 2003-10-01.