A team-oriented design methodology for mixed model assembly systems |
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Authors: | Emre Cevikcan M. Bulent Durmusoglu Murat E. Unal |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;1. Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey;2. Industrial Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;1. Dept. of Mechanical & Automatic Engineering, Xiamen City University, China;2. Dept. of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, China;3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
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Abstract: | Team-oriented approaches are widely being used in modern real life assembly systems, as are other modern systems. In this paper, first the literature of single and mixed model assembly line balancing, which plays an important role for the design of assembly systems, is reviewed. The associated literature matrixes reveal that team-oriented approaches do not have an intensive research area. Second, a team-oriented mathematical programming model for creating assembly teams (physical stations) in mixed model assembly lines is devised. Owing to the fact that this model is NP hard, a scheduling based heuristic algorithm is developed. The mixed model assembly line design methodology, which includes a team-oriented algorithm as a step, is proposed. Both model sequencing and worker transfer systems are included in the methodology. The algorithms for each step of the methodology are also coded by using MATLAB and MS Excel is used as the user interface. Furthermore, the presented methodology was applied in a chosen segment of a real life mixed model tractor assembly system. |
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