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Assembly line balancing and group working: a heuristic procedure for workers' groups operating on the same product and workstation In this paper, we examine an assembly line balancing problem that differs from the conventional one in the sense that there are multi-manned workstations, where workers' groups simultaneously perform different assembly works on the same product and workstation. This situation requires that the product is of sufficient size, as for example in the automotive industry, so that the workers do not block each other during the assembly work. The proposed approach here results in shorter physical line length and production space utilization improvement, because the same number of workers can be allocated to fewer workstations. Moreover, the total effectiveness of the assembly line, in terms of idle time and production output rate, remains the same. A heuristic assembly line balancing procedure is thus developed and illustrated. Finally, experimental result...

By: F. M. Tonge An application of heuristic procedures to solve the assembly-line-balancing problem. Assembly-line balancing is defined as a process of assigning jobs to workers stationed along a continuous assembly line. The author attempts (1) to develop an acceptable, though not necessarily optimum, procedure for assembly-line balancing and (2) to discuss the use of computers for implementing heuristic decision procedures in the industrial management area. It is concluded that the combination of a heuristic approach and methods of computer use considered is advantageous in treating complex industrial management problems. CONVEYOR BELT CONVEYOR Please wikify this article or section. Help improve this article by adding relevant internal links. (January 2008) Point of contact between a power transmission belt and its pulley. A conveyor belt uses a wide belt and pulleys and is supported by rollers or a flat pan along its path. Point of contact between a power transmission belt and its ...

http://khamamah.blogspot.com/2010/11/mengembangkan-enterpreneur-pada-diri.htmlIn this paper, we examine an assembly line balancing problem that differs from the conventional one in the sense that there are multi-manned workstations, where workers' groups simultaneously perform different assembly works on the same product and workstation. This situation requires that the product is of sufficient size, as for example in the automotive industry, so that the workers do not block each other during the assembly work. The proposed approach here results in shorter physical line length and production space utilization improvement, because the same number of workers can be allocated to fewer workstations. Moreover, the total effectiveness of the assembly line, in terms of idle time and production output rate, remains the same. A heuristic assembly line balancing procedure is thus developed and illustrated. Finally, experimental results of a real-life automobile assembly plant case and well-...