The purpose of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries is to facilitate discovery, integration, and application of scientific knowledge about human aspects of manufacturing, and to provide a forum for worldwide dissemination of such knowledge for its application and benefit to manufacturing industries. The journal covers a broad spectrum of ergonomics and human factors issues with a focus on the design, operation and management of contemporary manufacturing systems, both in the shop floor and office environments, in the quest for manufacturing agility, i.e. enhancement and integration of human skills with hardware performance for improved market competitiveness, management of change, product and process quality, and human-system reliability. The inter- and cross-disciplinary nature of the journal allows for a wide scope of issues relevant to manufacturing system design and engineering, human resource management, social, organizational, safety, and health issues. Examples of specific subject areas of interest include: implementation of advanced manufacturing technology, human aspects of computer-aided design and engineering, work design, compensation and appraisal, selection training and education, labor-management relations, agile manufacturing and virtual companies, human factors in total quality management, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics of workplace, equipment and tool design, ergonomics programs, guides and standards for industry, automation safety and robot systems, human skills development and knowledge enhancing technologies, reliability, and safety and worker health issues.

制造業(yè)和服務(wù)業(yè)的人為因素和人類工效學的目的是促進發(fā)現(xiàn)、整合和應(yīng)用有關(guān)制造業(yè)人的方面的科學知識，并為全球傳播此類知識提供一個論壇，使其應(yīng)用于制造業(yè)并對制造業(yè)有利。該雜志涵蓋了廣泛的人機工程學和人為因素問題，重點關(guān)注當代制造系統(tǒng)的設(shè)計、操作和管理，包括車間和辦公環(huán)境，以追求制造的靈活性，即增強和整合人的技能和硬件性能，以改善市場。競爭力、變更管理、產(chǎn)品和過程質(zhì)量以及人的系統(tǒng)可靠性。該期刊跨學科和跨學科的性質(zhì)使其能夠處理與制造系統(tǒng)設(shè)計和工程、人力資源管理、社會、組織、安全和健康問題相關(guān)的廣泛問題。特定主題領(lǐng)域的例子包括：先進制造技術(shù)的實施、計算機輔助設(shè)計和工程的人的方面、工作設(shè)計、薪酬和評估、選擇培訓和教育、勞動管理關(guān)系、敏捷制造和虛擬公司、全面質(zhì)量管理中的人為因素。耳鼻喉科，預防與工作有關(guān)的肌肉骨骼疾病，工作場所的人體工程學，設(shè)備和工具設(shè)計，人體工程學程序，工業(yè)指南和標準，自動化安全和機器人系統(tǒng)，人類技能開發(fā)和知識增強技術(shù)，可靠性，安全和工人健康問題。