The mixed work assignment technique was applied to the modular production concept solve apparel assembly line balancing problem. Specifically, an algorithm implemented generate workstations by first classifying tasks into modules through analysis of manufacturing process and assigning grouped in single task–multiple workers multiple tasks–single worker methods. Then, sequentially performed cons...

This paper wants to present an integrated approach to Line Balancing and Risk Assessment and a Software Tool named ErgoAnalysis that makes it easy to control the whole production process and produces a Risk Index for the actual work tasks in an Assembly Line. Assembly Line Balancing, or simply Line Balancing, is the problem of assigning operations to workstations along an assembly line, in such...

In this paper, a goal programming model for the simple U-line balancing (ULB) problem is developed. The model is based on the integer programming formulation developed by Urban [Urban, Note: Optimal balancing of U-shaped assembly lines, Management Science 44(5) (1998) 738–741] for the ULB problem and the goal model of Deckro and Rangachari [Deckro, Rangachari, A goal approach to assembly line b...

In the paper authors discuss the quality estimation of assembly line balancing problem. Task are assigned to workstations and the calculated measures show the quality of the final results. Because even optimal solutions contain idle times, the estimation of quality of end results is very important. In the literature we can find different measures but the most useful are: line efficiency, smooth...

Disassembly activities take place in various recovery operations including remanufacturing, recycling and disposal. The disassembly line is the best choice for automated disassembly of returned products. It is therefore important that the disassembly line be designed and balanced so that it works as efficiently as possible. The disassembly line balancing problem seeks a sequence which: is feasi...

Assembly line balancing is a very important issue in mass production systems due to production cost. Although many studies have been done on this topic, but because assembly line balancing problems are so complex they are categorized as NP-hard problems and researchers strongly recommend using heuristic methods. This paper presents a new heuristic approach called the critical task method (CTM) ...