the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual-focused stress management training namely deep breathing exercise (dbe) on self-perceived occupational stress among male automotive assembly-line workers.a quasi-experimental study was conducted at 2 automotive assembly plants in malaysia over 9 months, from january 2012 to september 2012. assembly-line workers from plant a r...

Considering the present business competitive scenario, the automotive industry is under pressure to achieve higher productivity. A high level of performance and quality standard could be achieved through improving the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the equipment in an automotive industry. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the performance measurement through OEE theory in a...

Received: 16 November 2014 Abstract Accepted: 11 January 2015 In this paper, an Assembly Line Balancing Problem (ALBP) is presented in a real-world automotive cables manufacturer company. This company found it necessary to balance its line, since it needs to increase the production rate. In this ALBP, the number of stations is known and the objective is to minimize cycle time where both precede...

background; work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) may involve all parts of the body, and have been a worldwide problem. employed women are two to five times more likely to report such problems, and assembly lines suspected to induce more wmsds because of high rate of repetitive motions. methods;the aim of this study to determine the prevalence of wmsds in women workers of an automobile...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual-focused stress management training namely Deep Breathing Exercise (DBE) on self-perceived occupational stress among male automotive assembly-line workers. METHODS A quasi-experimental study was conducted at 2 automotive assembly plants in Malaysia over 9 months, from January 2012 to September 2012. Assembly-line ...

with the growth in customers’ demand diversification, mixed-model u-lines (mmul) have acquired increasing importance in the area of assembly systems. there are generally two different approaches in the literature for balancing such systems. some researchers believe that since the types of models can be very diverse, a balancing approach without simultaneously sequencing of models will not yield...

Assembly line balancing problems (ALBP) consist in assigning the total workload for manufacturing a product to stations of an assembly line as typically applied in automotive industry. The distribution of the tasks to the stations is due to restrictions which can be expressed in a precedence graph. However, automotive manufacturers usually do not know complete precedence graphs describing the p...

In this paper we are to present a practical application of Axiomatic Design (AD) methodology, as a roadmap to lean production, in redesigning a car body assembly line. Axiomatic Design theory provides a framework to simplify the whole problem. According to the AD principles, a hierarchical structure has been developed. The developed structure originated in lean manufacturing principles and exis...

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 pa...