Ergo Cup 2006 Winners

New twists on the same Cup
The winners of each category were selected by a panel of 12 judges rather than by all conference attendees. This allowed the judges to spend more time with each Ergo Cup team to really gage their achievements. This also eliminated any possible bias that could result from a popular vote.

The 2006 Competition yielded three Ergo Cup winners in Orlando:

• Sunrise Medical - Team-driven Workplace Solutions for their entry "Ergo Assembly Station"
• Johnson & Johnson/France - Training & Education for their entry "Ergo Shop Book & Safety Sheets"
• GE France - Engineering/Ergonomist-driven Workplace Solution for their entry "Imagination Applied to X-ray Table Assembly"

New “Ergo Excellence” Awards
A series of “Ergo Excellence” Awards have been created to reward outstanding achievement by the teams in a number of areas. The winners of these awards were determined by popular vote, ensuring that conference attendees continue to have a role in recognizing the accomplishments of Ergo Cup teams.

The new "Ergo Excellence" awards that were determined by popular vote were as follows:

• Innovation
  • Boeing - Everett, Washington | Entry: "Aircraft Door Installation Tool"
• Risk Reduction
  • GE - Mexico | Entry: "Locomotive Gearcase Replacement"
• Presentation Quality
  • Honda - Anna, OH | Entry: "Tension Relievers"
• Simplicity
  • Johnson & Johnson - Argentina | Entry: "Bags Feeder Separator"
• Cost Savings
  • Dell - West Chester, OH | Entry: "Think Inside the Sand Box!"

Take a look at all of the 2006 Finalists

The 2006 Ergo Cup Competition finalists.

Team-Driven Workplace Solution

• Boeing Portland | Gresham, OR
  • Heat Treat Parts Cart and Basket
• Boeing | Everett, WA
  • Aircraft Door Installation Tool

• Dell | West Chester, OH
  • Think Inside the Sand Box

• Ford Motor Company | Kentucky Truck Plant, Louisville KY
  • Radiator Install Hoist

• GE Transportation | Mexico
  • Locomotive Gearcase Replacement

• Harley Davidson | Kansas City, MO
  • Frame Load and Conveyor Lift

• Honda of America, Mfg, Inc | Anna Engine Plant, OH
  • Tension Relievers

• Honda of Canada, Mfg, Inc | Canada
  • Grommet Humidifier

• Honda of America, Mfg, Inc | Marysville Auto Plant, OH
  • Steering Quality the Ergo Way

• Honda of South Carolina, Mfg, Inc | South Carolina
  • Swing Arm Reliever

• Johnson & Johnson | Argentina
  • Bag Feeder Separator

• Johnson & Johnson | Depuy International,England
  • Automation of Flange Assembly

• PPG | Huntsville, AL
  • Inspection Cradle
• Sunrise Medical, Inc | Fresno, CA
  • Ergo Assembly Station
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada | Canada
  • Get a Little Closer

Engineering/Ergonomist-Driven Workplace Solution

• GE | France
  • Imagination Applied to X-ray Table Assembly

Training & Education

• Boeing | Everett, WA
  • Micro Break Stretching Web Page
• General Electric Consumer & Industrial | Decatur, AL
  • Making Life Better by Making Jobs Better
• Johnson & Johnson | France
  • Ergo Shop Book & Safety Sheets
• SAS | Cary, NC
  • SAS Seven Ergo Steps and Post-intervention Survey