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Multiple Product Assembly Line Design
Multiple Product Assembly Line Design
Multiple Product Assembly Line Design
Line Design
Parallel Lines
One line for each major model balanced by itself
Multi-product Lines
Different models produced one-set-at-a-time in batches on same
line, each balanced independently
Zoning
Products
Customer
order
Completed
orders
Order/product flow
2.
3.
4.
Example Calculations ..
Avg.
Duration
Positional
Weight
14.1
106.1
9.0
80.4
6.7
78.1
4.9
76.3
7.4
71.4
19.2
51.6
4.8
37.2
7.6
40.0
10.0
32.4
22.4
22.4
Positional
weight for
an individual
operation is
the sum of
its average
task time
plus the
task times
of all its
successors
in the
network
19.2
22.4
Eligibl
e
Operat
ion(s)
Select
ed
Opera
tion(s)
Compo
site
Operati
on
Time
Assign
ed to
Station
Cumulat
ive Time
Assigne
d
14.1
14.1
Idle
Time
0.9
23.8
17.6
B, C,D
9.0
23.1
C, D
6.7
II
6.7
4.9
II
11.6
0.2
7.4
II
19.0
F, G,
H
G
(only
fit)
4.8
II
23.8
F, H
19.2
III
19.2
7.6
IV
7.6
4.8
6.4
10.0
IV
17.6
22.4
22.4
1.6