Improvement of an Assembly Line in the Automotive Industry: A Case Study in Wiring Harness Assembly Line
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چکیده
Today industrial companies are subject to major and profound changes. It is constantly confronted with a world of ruthless competition that continually aims improve quality, cost, lead time. Each company works satisfy the requirements its customers do this, it improves performance controls manufacturing processes from reception raw materials suppliers shipment final product customer. In this paper, study focuses on assembly area an electrical wiring harness production line adopts Lean Manufacturing approach reduce time waste efficiency engine using Line balancing work allowed eliminate Waiting Muda increase efficiency.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advances in transdisciplinary engineering
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2352-751X', '2352-7528']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/atde230031