Design & construction of an ergonomic footrest for an electric three wheeler vehicle and development of an entrepreneurship scheme including supply chain management

Abstract

At present Bangladesh, electrical three wheeler vehicles are the most common means of short-distance transport. It is actually a modification of “Rickshaw”, a very old and popular transport of this region. Unlike rickshaw it runs on electricity, there is no use of pedals. That requires a footrest where the driver can keep their feet while driving. But the position and design of this footrest is delicate because it is directly related to human comfort and can cause health problems. In this study we have designed and built an ergonomic footrest for these vehicles. In the second part of this Project we have worked on the supply-chain management of the small and médium industries of Bangladesh.Most of them do not use any scientific method for managing the drivers of the supply-chain in their factory like forcasting, inventory etc.As a result they cannot reach the desired profit. So, we did an overall research on developing an entrepreneurship scheme including supply chain management (SCM) for small and médium industries of Bangladesh.