The present article focuses on the application of a procedure based on ant colonies to solve an assembly line balancing problem. After an introduction to assembly line problems, the problem under study is presented: the Time and Space constrained Assembly Line Balancing Problem (TSALBP); and a basic model of one of its variants is put forward for study. Subsequently, an ant algorithm is present...

This study presents a reduction of production disturbances of a shoemaking industry through discrete event simulation approach. The study is conducted at Peacock Shoe factory found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  This factory faces line balancing problem that becomes production disturbance for its assembly lines. Detail time study is carried out for the selected shoe model using stopwatch. Assembly ...

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are extensively used in diverse electronic products today. The placement process is generally the bottleneck in a PCB assembly line. Many researchers have indicated that an optimal component placement sequence reduces the cycle time of an assembly line with single placement machines. However, in current PCB assembly lines, more than one placement machine, including...

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...

Assembly lines are special flow-line production systems which are of great importance in the industrial production of high quantity standardized commodities. Recently, assembly lines even gained importance in low volume production of customized products (mass-customization). Due to high capital requirements when installing or redesigning a line, its configuration planning is of great relevance ...