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Assembly Line Balancing
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Line balancing
The techniques employed for design of product layouts is known as line balancing.
The layout design seeks to identify the minimum no. of resources require to meet a targeted production rate and the order in which these resources are to be arranged so that the production process become smooth.
Assembly Line Balancing
Analysis of production lines
Nearly equally divides work between workstations while meeting required output
Objectives
Maximize efficiency
Minimize number of work stations
Example
The Model J Wagon is to be assembled on a conveyer belt.Five hundred wagons are required per day is 420 minutes, and the assembly setups and times for the wagon are given in table.
Find the balance that minimizes the no.of workstations, subject to cycle time and precedence constraints.