ULINO: Optimally balancing U-shaped JIT assembly lines

ULINO: Optimally balancing U-shaped JIT assembly lines

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Article ID: iaor20001468
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 37
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 721
End Page Number: 736
Publication Date: Jan 1999
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: line balancing
Abstract:

Traditionally, assembly lines are arranged in a straight line. The design of such a line requires tasks to be grouped into stations such that the line efficiency is maximized. This problem is known as the assembly line balancing problem. However, as a consequence of introducing the just-in-time production principle, it has been recognized that arranging the stations in a U-line has several advantages over the traditional configuration. For solving different versions of U-line assembly line balancing problem, we propose the branch and bound procedure ULINO which is applied directly and in the framework of search methods. Experimental results indicate that these procedures perform well and that the U-line configuration frequently improves the line efficiency compared to traditional lines.

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