Assembly line performance and modeling

Journal of Industrial Engineering International

دوره 13، شماره 3، آذر 2017   

نویسندگان

Arun B. Rane^{* 1}؛ Vivek K. Sunnapwar²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fr.C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Navi Mumbai, Vashi, India

²Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, Kopar Khairane, India

چکیده

Automobile sector forms the backbone of manufacturing sector. Vehicle assembly line is important section in automobile plant where repetitive tasks are performed one after another at different workstations. In this thesis, a methodology is proposed to reduce cycle time and time loss due to important factors like equipment failure, shortage of inventory, absenteeism, set-up, material handling, rejection and fatigue to improve output within given cost constraints. Various relationships between these factors, corresponding cost and output are established by scientific approach. This methodology is validated in three different vehicle assembly plants. Proposed methodology may help practitioners to optimize the assembly line using lean techniques.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Simulation . Optimization . Lean . Mathematical modeling . Line balancing . Output؛ Utilization . Efficiency . Cost constraint . Downtime