Assembly sequence planning is an integral part of a new product and process development. However, currently there are very few available approaches to evaluate the impact of assembly sequences on product quality. This paper develops a methodology for Quality-driven Sequence Planning (QISP) with consideration to product dimensional quality based on the following three steps: (1) Sequence generat...

This paper gives a review of the literature on the mixed and the multi model line balancing problem. Compared with the single model line little attention has been paid to the mixed and the multi model line balancing problem. The mixed model line balancing problem can be subdivided into two related problems. The balancing problem deals with the assignment of work elements to work stations. The s...

there are some machineries and equipments as well as relatively fix amount of human resources involved in any production process. in many cases, by observing operational method of a process, one may see that some of these machineries are not working, but on the other hand, other equipments are continuously working, and many parts are set in front of them, waiting to be set up over machines to c...

This research presents a heuristic for sequencing mixed-model production schedules for assembly lines when JIT production is an objective, and setup requirements are present. The heuristic examines a sequence and determines an objective function value based upon the parts usage rate (Miltenburg 1989) and the number of setups involved. This sequence is then altered in the hope of ® nding a bette...

this paper presents a summary of the results from the simulation of a given two-stages production system which uses jit. the system consists of an assembly line with two automated assembly cells and two assembly stock points and one manufacturing cell with three manufacturing stock points for storing reserved parts and one receiving stock. carts with fixed capacity are used for handling the par...

The productivity of assembly lines is considerably affected by the health condition of assembly workers, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are common occupational diseases among assembly workers due to repetitive motions or heavy working loads. The conventional approaches to decreasing WMSD risks in the assembly lines include slowing the work-pace or applying job rotations. The...

This paper describes our use of competitive analysis and the on-line model of computation in a product development setting; speciically, we use competitive analysis to evaluate on-line scheduling strategies for controlling a new generation of networked reprographic machines (combination printer-copier-fax machines servicing a network) currently being developed by companies such as Xerox Corpora...

Assembly Line production is one of the widely used basic principles in production system. The problem of Assembly Line Balancing deals with the distribution of activities among the workstations so that there will be maximum utilization of human resources and facilities without disturbing the work sequence. Research works reported in the literature mainly deals with minimization of idle time i.e...