[naeini1] the current research aims to investigate improvement possibility of iran heavy diesel (desa) company assembly line by simulation. therefore, in addition to reviewing the existing thematic literature in relation to the system, model, simulation, assembly lines and the improvement solutions, as well as studying  similar research background and history, the primary model of company assem...

This research presents a Simulated Annealing based technique to address the assembly line balancing problem for multiple objective problems when paralleling of workstations is permitted. The Simulated Annealing methodology is used for 23 line balancing strategies across seven problems. The resulting performance of each solution was studied through a simulation experiment. Many of the problems c...

Beam search (BS) is used as a heuristic to solve various combinatorial optimization problems, ranging from scheduling to assembly line balancing. In this paper, we develop a backtracking and an exchange-of-information (EOI) procedure to enhance the traditional beam search method. The backtracking enables us to return to previous solution states in the search process with the expectation of obta...

A “bucket brigade” assembly line is capable of complex new dynamics if workers differ in the speeds at which they walk back to get more work. In this extended model the line is self-balancing if each worker takes work from a colleague who is more slowed by the act of work than he. Under alternative schemes of sharing work the behavior of an assembly line can be chaotic and so effectively indist...

In this paper a process-oriented simulator for assembly lines is presented. The simulator considers mixed model lines, with stochastic task times, the possibility to have parallel stations, and to consider different scheduling sequences. The simulator is a flexible supporting tool in finding solution of the assembly line balancing problem (and the optimal sequencing problem associated to it) an...

In this paper we examine the various effects that workstations and repair loops with identical parallel processors and stochastic processing times have on the performance of a mixed-model assembly line. Of particular interest are issues related to sequence scrambling. In many production systems (especially those operating on just-in-time or in-line vehicle sequencing principles), the sequence o...

Assembly lines are special flow-line production systems which are of great importance in the industrial production of high quantity standardized commodities. Recently, assembly lines even gained importance in low volume production of customized products (mass-customization). Due to high capital requirements when installing or redesigning a line, its configuration planning is of great relevance ...

Line balancing means balancing the production line, or any assembly line. The main objective of line balancing is to distribute the task over the each work station so that idle time of labor of machine can be minimized. Line balancing aims at grouping the resources or labor in an efficient and best pattern in order to obtain an optimum or proper balance of the resources and flows of the product...