Workplace Design

The section Workplace Design focuses upon the ergonomic arrangement of workplaces and work processes in production and offices, especially the communication of good practice taking into account the criteria of people-friendly workplace design, the man-machine interface, prevention and cost-effectiveness.

The impairment of health due to poor working conditions and subsequent absences and reductions in performance also have a negative effect on the profits of the company. The same applies to work in offices, the places in which intellectual goods are produced.

Good and healthy work has therefore come increasingly to the fore in the discussion of the role of human capital in a company. Current topics now also include, for example, age-appropriate arrangement of workplaces, interface design, lighting, climate and acoustics.

The field of Workplace Design consists of the following individual segments:

• Exhibitors in the field of ergonomics
  
• Special exhibition "Ergonomic Workplace Design in Production and Offices" with the Dr. Curt Haefner Verlag publishing house in cooperation with the DNB (Deutsches Netzwerk Büro, or German Office Network) and ergonomic institutes
  
• Stage programme with topical lectures, discussions and presentations on ergonomic workplace design, organised by Basi and other partners

A comprehensive range of information and presentations will be used to show visitors to the fair how employees' motivation, productivity and willingness to perform can be increased by means of healthy, ergonomic and cost-effective workplace design.

The target groups of the Workplace Design section at the A+A include:

• Works councils and personnel boards
  
• Company doctors, occupational physicians
  
• Ergonomists
  
• Safety engineers and officers
  
• Entrepreneurs and business owners

The special exhibition will take place in hall 7 A.