The goal of purchasing hand tools is to improve financial outcomes for buyers. These financialgains can come from multiple aspects of hand tools, such as increased productivity, improved product quality, and decreased injury rate. Based on a literature review, current hand tool purchasingdecisions are frequently made by professionals without specialized scientific backgrounds; however, the hand tool selection methods they receive are solely based on ergonomic evaluations. Heuristic evaluation, created by Nielsen & Molich (1990), has been proven effective in discoveringusability issues quickly. Combined with the knowledge from hand tool evaluation literature andNielsen & Molich’s (1990) heuristic evaluation platform, two versions of financially orientatedhand tool heuristic evaluations were created: a buyer version and a seller version. The buyer versionhelps hand tool buyers make financially orientated purchasing decisions; the designer version helpsquickly assess the financial viability of the hand tool design under review.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AgarwalR.VenkateshV. (2002). Assessing a firm’s web presence: a heuristic evaluation procedure for the measurement of usability. Information systems research, 13(2), 168–186.
2.
AlizonF.ShooterS. B.SimpsonT. W. (2008). Assessing and Improving Commonality and Diversity Within a Product Family. 899–909. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2006-99499
3.
BesharatiB.LuoL.AzarmS.KannanP. K. (2008). An Integrated Robust Design and Marketing Approach for Product Design Selection Process. 729–738. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2004-57405
4.
BovenziM. (2010). A longitudinal study of vibration white finger, cold response of digital arteries, and measures of daily vibration exposure. International archives of occupational and environmental health, 83(3), 259–272.
5.
ClarksonE.ArkinR. C. (2007, May). Applying Heuristic Evaluation to Human-Robot Interaction Systems. In Flairs Conference (pp. 44–49).
6.
DianatI.NedaeiM.Mostashar NezamiM. A. (2015). The effects of tool handle shape on hand performance, usability and discomfort using masons’ trowels. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 45, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2014.10.006
7.
FernandesG.HolmesC. (2002, April). Applying HCI to music-related hardware. In CHI’02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 870–871).
8.
GarosiE.MazloumiA.KalantariR.VahediZ.ShirzhiyanZ. (2019). Design and ergonomic assessment of an infusion set connector tool used in nursing work. Applied Ergonomics, 75, 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.09.008
9.
Government of Canada, C. C. for O. H. and S. (2021, January30). Hand Tool Ergonomics—Tool Design. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. https://www.ccohs.ca/
10.
Hughes-RileyT.DiasT. (2018). The development of acoustic and vibration sensing yarns for health surveillance. 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV25), Hiroshima, Japan. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34364/
11.
JursK. (2017). Buying behaviour toward electrical power tools: A study into the decision making and selection of power tools for purchase by Finnish construction professionals. Undefined. /paper/Buying-behaviour-toward-electrical-power-tools-%3AAJurs/1a2609079c04db90598d9ac98a0787d5e234bf14
12.
MankoffJ.DeyA. K.HsiehG.KientzJ.LedererS.AmesM. (2003, April). Heuristic evaluation of ambient displays. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 169–176).
13.
MatthiesenSvenGermannR. (2018). Meaningful Prediction Parameters for Evaluating the Suitability of Power Tools for Usage. Procedia CIRP, 70, 241–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.02.040
14.
McDowellT. W.WarrenC.XuX. S.WelcomeD. E.DongR. G. (2015). Laboratory and Workplace Assessments of Rivet Bucking Bar Vibration Emissions. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 59(3), 382–397. https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/meu091
15.
MirkaG. A.ShiversC.SmithC.TaylorJ. (2002). Ergonomic interventions for the furniture manufacturing industry. Part II—Handtools. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 29(5), 275–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/S01698141(01)00068-3
NielsenJ.MolichR. (1990, March). Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 249–256).
StoneR. T.MumaniA.WangZ.FalesC. W.SrikrishnanV.A.KimJ. (2019). A Decision Support Model for Power Tool Selection Using A Preference Selection Index Method. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (Accepted)
21.
SutcliffeA.GaultB. (2004). Heuristic evaluation of virtual reality applications. Interacting with computers, 16(4), 831–849.
22.
TondelloG. F.KappenD. L.MeklerE. D.GanabaM.NackeL. E. (2016, October). Heuristic evaluation for gameful design. In Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts (pp. 315–323).
23.
WangZ.StoneR.T.KimJ.FalesC.Danford-KleinE.MomaniA.SchniedersT. (2021) Tool Selection, Ergonomics, and Economics: A Comparison Study Between Traditional and Proposed Broader Ergonomic Hand Tool Evaluation. International Journal of Human Factors & Ergonomics (Accepted).
