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Assembly Line Balancing

This document discusses facility layout strategies and assembly line balancing. It defines layout strategy as developing an economical layout that provides a competitive advantage by integrating personnel, materials, and machinery needs. Assembly lines are mass production facilities where parts progress station-to-station for assembly. Assembly line balancing aims to properly allocate tasks to workstations in an optimized and balanced manner to minimize workstations and balance cycle times. Benefits include standardized mass production while drawbacks include inflexibility and potential quality issues.

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Assembly Line Balancing

This document discusses facility layout strategies and assembly line balancing. It defines layout strategy as developing an economical layout that provides a competitive advantage by integrating personnel, materials, and machinery needs. Assembly lines are mass production facilities where parts progress station-to-station for assembly. Assembly line balancing aims to properly allocate tasks to workstations in an optimized and balanced manner to minimize workstations and balance cycle times. Benefits include standardized mass production while drawbacks include inflexibility and potential quality issues.

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LA YOU T

STRAT EGY
ASSEMBLY-LINE
BALANCING

VA N YA A K A N S A L – B M S 2 C –
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WHAT IS LAYOUT
STRATEGY?
• The layout of a space impacts greatly
the flow of work, materials, and
information through the system.
• Aim - to develop an economical layout
that gives a firm competitive advantage
• Good facility layout and design –
integration of the needs of people
(personnel and customers), materials
(raw, finishes, and in process), and
machinery in such a way that they
create a single, well-functioning
system.
FACTORS AFFECTING LAYOUT
DECISIONS
• Ease of future expansion or change
• Nature of flow/movement of work activities
• Material handling – material, output and equipment
• Output and production needs
• Communication, interaction and support
• Promotional value of the layout
• Safety and related work hazards
• Employee morale and financial position
WHAT IS AN ASSEMBLY LINE?
• Mass production facility layouts: parts are
made and assembled as the unit
progresses from station to station.
• This method is called the assembly line
method of production.
• Perfectly balanced assembly line – work
advances from station to station in the
same amount of time.
• In real life, a perfect balance is not
possible – we attempt to advance the
work in approximately the same amount
of time.
• The process that helps us achieve that is
called assembly line balancing.
ASSEMBLY-LINE BALANCING
• Assembly line balancing (ALB) – proper allocation of tasks to the
workstations in a balanced, optimized manner without violating the
precedence
• Mainly needed in a continuous production line
• One of the hardest optimization problems
• Installation of assembly line is a
long-term decision and highly
cost intensive
• Goal – to determine the minimum
number of assembly work
stations and what tasks are to be
performed at each work station,
subject to constraints
ALB – BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES

• Standardization of products – identical process of mass production


• Interchangeable parts – easy maintenance and replacement
• Economies of scale – lower costs
• Higher availability of labour – lesser training (simple specific tasks,
mechanization)
• Minimizing the number of workstations for a given cycles.
• Minimizing the cycle time for a given number of numbers of workstations.
• Minimizing the balance delay (or) maximizing the balancing efficiency.
• Minimizing the total idle time.
• Minimizing the overall facility or line length
ALB – DRAWBACKS/DISADVANTAGES
• No individualisation/customisation of products
• High initial cost – large floor space, specialised machines
• Lower wages – use of machines, repetitive and monotonous work –
motivational problems
• Rigid and inflexibility production facilities
• Lack of creativity and critical thinking
• Potential for lower build quality
• Chain function – problem at one work station – production halts
• Economical only for larger firms undergoing mass production
• Specific to manufacturing/secondary sector, irrelevant for tertiary/service
sector
REFERENCES

• https://www.sciencedirect.com
• https://workhorsesofindustry.wordpress.com
• https://www.inc.com/encyclopedia

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