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Can changing one or two things about the way someone does his or her job lead to savings for a company and lead to a safer place and higher morale? Thirty-two companies worldwide say yes. They are all contenders in the prestigious Ergo Cup Award competition.

Companies as diverse in operations and products as Boeing, Bridgestone, Dell, Delta Airlines, GE, Honda, J&J, Mary Kay, Harley Davidson, Toyota, Universal Orlando, and Sunrise Medical can prove that making process improvements from an ergonomic perspective, no matter how small, reaps big benefits. Using ergonomic tools to assess processes, they fix problem areas, document the results, and develop training programs to train others in operating equipment properly.

The nationally recognized Ergo Cup, presented by IIE and sponsored by The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina, provides an opportunity for companies to highlight successful ergonomic activities. This year marks the ninth competition.

Three winning companies will be selected by a panel of judges. The 2006 winning companies were Sunrise Medical in the Team-driven Workplace Solutions category, Johnson & Johnson of France in the Training and Education category, and GE France in the Engineering/Ergonomist-driven Workplace solution category.

Participating companies will be demonstrating their solutions at the Applied Ergonomics Conference, March 12-15, 2007 in Dallas, TX, which is where the three 2007 winners will be selected. For information, call (800) 494-0460.