Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line
A production flow line balancing problem for automotive industry has been studied. A batch of an end item is produced by transforming sheet metals into parts at different manufacturing stages followed by assembly operations. The forming operations of the sheet metals into various parts and their ass...
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| author | Kays, H. M. E. Karim, A. N. M. Tajudin, M. N. B. Abdesselam, M. |
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| description | A production flow line balancing problem for automotive industry has been studied. A batch of an end item is produced by transforming sheet metals into parts at different manufacturing stages followed by assembly operations. The forming operations of the sheet metals into various parts and their assembly works are illustrated through 22 different tasks. Some of the tasks have the processing times greater than the takt time and are categorized as extra-long tasks. Attempts were
made to solve this intricate line balancing problem by adopting the Ranked Positional Weight (RPW) method. But the solution given by the RPW model loses its exactitude due to the presence of the extra-long tasks. In this research a heuristic approach based on RPW is developed through which the problem has been resolved in an efficient and effective manner and hence the proposed
heuristic is deemed to be capable of balancing production lines having such extra-long tasks. |
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| spelling | iium-486732017-01-18T08:09:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48673/ Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line Kays, H. M. E. Karim, A. N. M. Tajudin, M. N. B. Abdesselam, M. TS155 Production management A production flow line balancing problem for automotive industry has been studied. A batch of an end item is produced by transforming sheet metals into parts at different manufacturing stages followed by assembly operations. The forming operations of the sheet metals into various parts and their assembly works are illustrated through 22 different tasks. Some of the tasks have the processing times greater than the takt time and are categorized as extra-long tasks. Attempts were made to solve this intricate line balancing problem by adopting the Ranked Positional Weight (RPW) method. But the solution given by the RPW model loses its exactitude due to the presence of the extra-long tasks. In this research a heuristic approach based on RPW is developed through which the problem has been resolved in an efficient and effective manner and hence the proposed heuristic is deemed to be capable of balancing production lines having such extra-long tasks. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015-07-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48673/1/%2333_AMR.1115.610.pdf Kays, H. M. E. and Karim, A. N. M. and Tajudin, M. N. B. and Abdesselam, M. (2015) Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 610-615. ISSN 1022-6680 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.610 |
| spellingShingle | TS155 Production management Kays, H. M. E. Karim, A. N. M. Tajudin, M. N. B. Abdesselam, M. Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title | Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title_full | Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title_fullStr | Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title_short | Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| title_sort | design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line |
| topic | TS155 Production management |
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