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A balancing problem for mixed model assembly lines with a paced moving conveyor

✍ Scribed by Xiaobo Zhao; Katsuhisa Ohno; Hon-Shiang Lau

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
155 KB
Volume
51
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-069X

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Abstract

We state a balancing problem for mixed model assembly lines with a paced moving conveyor as: Given the daily assembling sequence of the models, the tasks of each model, the precedence relations among the tasks, and the operations parameters of the assembly line, assign the tasks of the models to the workstations so as to minimize the total overload time. Several characteristics of the problem are investigated. A line‐balancing heuristic is proposed based on a lower bound of the total overload time. A practical procedure is provided for estimating the deviation of any given line‐balance solution from the theoretical optimum. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the methodology. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.

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