Puget Sound Chapter Meeting – October 2024

We are meeting in person at the Doubletree Suites at Southcenter and offering a virtual option via Zoom.

For those attending in person, the chapter will cover the cost of your breakfast, but please register accordingly so that we have enough food and a room large enough to accommodate everyone.

For those attending in person, please plan to arrive between 7:00-7:30 and join us for a buffet breakfast at 7:30 AM.  We will begin the presentation at 8:00 for those attending virtually.

Speaker Name

• Deborah Read, Sr. Ergonomics Consultant and President at ErgoFit Consulting, Inc.

About the Speaker

ErgoFit Consulting’s Mission & Purpose is to make a positive impact by changing work environments to optimize and then sustain both employees and their employers.

What They Do: They Assess, Educate, & Design across Industrial, Construction, Healthcare, Laboratory, Office, and Unusual Settings nationwide.

Deborah Read (aka ErgoGirl!) Founded ErgoFit Consulting 24 years ago after obtaining her Masters degree in Occupational Therapy and was awarded as the 2020 Ergonomics Professional of the Year by the Puget Sound Human Factors & Ergonomics Society!

As a regional leader, she has been the Chairperson of the Pacific Northwest Ergonomics Roundtable since 2017; and was formerly President and Multi-year Symposium Chair of the Puget Sound Human Factors & Ergonomics Society.

Deborah is an accomplished conference presenter, a quoted expert, and has the privilege of leading an amazing team of ergonomic consultants to support clients nationwide.

Presentation Title

• The Ergonomics Bridge: People & Business Optimization

Description

Do you understand the myriad of ways ergonomics improvements are both an employee performance driver and a business optimization strategy? Discover how ergonomics can support mental health (including addiction), DEIB efforts, and cross-departmental efforts. Gain a deeper understanding of your program gaps, what metrics to use, how to calculate costs & savings, and ultimately how to create a multi-pronged business optimization case to pitch your ergonomic improvement plans and efforts to your executives.

In this talk, you will…

• Learn the connections between ergonomics and: Lean/ operations, physical and mental health (including addiction), safety, DEI, sustainability, & profitability.
• Identify non-traditional metrics
• How to calculate the true costs of injuries at your organization.
• Identify the stakeholders (and gaps) of ergonomics in your organization.
• How to estimate savings from ergonomic improvement efforts.
• When and how to use ergonomics: leading vs. lagging
• Ultimately, how to create a multi-pronged business optimization case to pitch your ergonomic improvement plans & efforts to executives.

Relevance to ASSP Members

Clarify your role in gaining broad organizational support for ergonomic improvement plans & efforts to optimize your organization.

Virtual Option – Join Zoom Meeting

Puget Sound ASSP is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91728697457?pwd=Mkg1cEFTb01OaHJOaWxJaXFiOXM2QT09

Meeting ID: 917 2869 7457
Passcode: 238605
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