Press Release

02.01.08

HUMANTECH INTRODUCES NEW LEAN SEMINAR, MORE LOCATIONS IN SPRING PUBLIC ERGONOMICS TRAINING SERIES

For Immediate Release

Ann Arbor, MICH - Humantech, Inc. has announced the spring schedule for its popular ergonomic seminars. By taking a 30-Inch View™ — examining the intersection between people, work, and their environment-health and safety staff, engineers, facilities managers, and ergonomics committees will gain the skills and tools to make practical, cost-effective workplace improvements during these seminars.

The spring 2008 seminar schedule covers such topics as industrial ergonomics, office ergonomics, and a new course on leveraging ergonomics in your lean initiative. Seminars will be offered at Humantech's corporate training center in Ann Arbor, Mich, and also in Newport Beach, Calif., San Francisco, Calif., Chicago, Ill., .Alexandria, Va., and Nashville, Tenn.

New for this spring is a one-day lean seminar - Leveraging Ergonomics in Your Lean Initiative. This seminar is intended for those who would like to incorporate ergonomics into the lean manufacturing process. It will provide a building block for an integrated lean/ergonomics process in its infancy stage, as well as amplify and accelerate currently successful ergonomics processes. This hands-on, interactive workshop will allow attendees to bring a customized plan for integrating their company's ergonomics tools into its existing lean process back to their work site. This seminar is being offered in conjunction with the Applied Industrial Ergonomics course in Ann Arbor and Nashville.

Applied Industrial Ergonomics will be held in Newport Beach and Chicago, in addition to Ann Arbor and Nashville. This two-day seminar focuses on practical approaches to improving problem jobs, increasing productivity, and reducing injuries in an industrial environment. Attendees will learn to evaluate workstations and equipment, identify contributing factors to work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and prioritize ergonomic improvements to maximize return on investment.

Applied Office Ergonomics, a one-day seminar offered in San Francisco and Alexandria, is also being offered with the Applied Industrial Ergonomics courses in Newport Beach, and Chicago. It focuses on achieving a comfortable, healthy, and productive office environment. The goal of the course is to provide participants with the tools, knowledge, and resources to achieve dramatic improvements in office productivity and health and safety through ergonomics.

Complete schedule listings with additional information and online registration can be found on Humantech's website (Humantech.com/seminars), or by calling the seminar coordinator at (734) 663-3330, ext. 152. Humantech's courses have been approved for ABIH CM points and meet the requirements for BCSP COC credits.

About Humantech

Since 1979, Humantech has partnered with organizations around the globe to accelerate workplace improvements, enabling people to perform at their best. By focusing on a 30-Inch View™, Humantech consultants facilitate operational excellence, increased profitability, engaged employees, and reduced workplace injuries. For more information about our portfolio of products and services or the 30-Inch View™, visit www.humantech.com.

HUMANTECH'S SPRING 2008 ERGONOMICS SEMINAR SCHEDULE

	Applied Industrial Ergonomics	Applied Office Ergonomics	Leveraging Ergonomics in Your Lean Initiative
Newport Beach, CA	April 1-2	April 3
Ann Arbor, MI	April 15-16		April 17
Alexandria, VA		April 22
Chicago, IL	May 6-7	May 8
San Francisco, CA		May 21
Nashville, TN	June 24-25		June 26

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