Evaluation visit to Polish partners

1. Evaluation Visit to Poland partners Summary Maribor, March 2015 dr. Tomislav Rozman BICERO d.o.o.

2. The evaluation visit The purpose of the visit: To evaluate the progress and the quality of the project work (PILOT PROJECTS) Date: 17., 18. March 2015 Place: Siedlce, Poland University of Siedlce, Faculty of Economics and Law Polish project partners: Marek Szajczyk and Marzena Wjcik Augustyniak

3. The locations

4. Partners and companies visited University Siedlce Meeting and Workshops UDT (Siedlce) Workplace(s) Medical Center - CENTRUM MEDYCZNO (Olenica) Workplace(s) uksja (azy) Workplace(s) ASAJ (Siedlce) N/A

5. 1. visit: UDT (Urzdu Dozoru Technicznego) Gov. Organization Technical inspections for cranes, lifts, pressure equipment (tanks, storage,..) Employed: technical inspectors and office workers UDT building

6. 1. UDT ergonomy of workplaces Challenge 1: reception desk accessibility for PWD (already adapted by students for phyiscal disability): Rearangement of the office furniture (desk rotation) Entry door location changed UDT building

7. 1. UDT ergonomy of workplaces Challenge 2: stairs accessibility for PWD (looking for a solution): A device was bought Usable indoors Not usable for outside stairs (rounded edges, ice, slippery) Fear of falling! Stairs climbing device for armchairs Stairs climbing device for armchairs demonstration

8. 2. CDM Medical Centre Private company Call centre serving 70000 people (in Olenica) Challenge: to adapt 1 callcentre workplace for physically disabled Too narrow (CUBICLE), difficult to access will be adapted by the end of the project) Task for students: antropometric measurement, analysis and proposal One of MD buildings in Siedlce Call centre cubicles

9. 2. uksja Textile manufacturig company & rehabilitation center for PWD New building, adapted for PWD all workplaces on the ground level Company awards for workplaces New building of uksjaProject team and the dean of the faculty at uksja

10. 2. uksja Video of cutting machine Already a great improvement (people do not have to manually lift large sheets of textile and cut it by hand) Challenge:How to improve the workplace around the machine? Textile layering and cutting machine

11. 2. uksja Challenge 1: Adaptation of workplace: Textile layering and cutting machine Ideas: Physically impaired: implementation of a parallel track to move the wheelchair around the machine Visually impaired: adaptation of the control monitor Textile layering and cutting machine

12. 2. uksja Challenge 2: Mobility: Design a green border around light switches for more contrast (done) Upgrade the glass door (automatic opening for physically impaired) - idea Example of adaptation of light switches for visually impaired

13. 2. uksja Challenge 3: Office workplace for physically impaired person Rearrangement? Example of office workplace which will be adapted

14. 2. Workshops at the University - Workshops visited: on braille and computer usage for blind Students listening to the tutor: usage of computer and reader for visually impaired (text-to-speech)

15. Summary Positive: 4 pilot projects are running A lot of interesting proposals from students Workplaces are already being adapted

16. Evaluation summary Things to consider: Financial evaluation of the solutions Classification (prioritisation) of the suggestions and solutions e.g. Use Lean six sigma classification framework ground and low hanging fruit Unified methodology for pilot project presentations, e.g.: Source:www.isixsigma.com

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Evaluation visit to Polish partners

Education

uksja challenge

students workplaces

olenica challenge

adaptation of workplace

uksja video

hand challenge

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office workers udt