TY - GEN
T1 - About the efficiency and cost reduction of parallel mixed-model assembly lines
AU - Hazbany, S.
AU - Gilad, I.
AU - Shpitalni, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Although Mixed-Model assembly lines have a number of advantages over Single- Model lines, they suffer from several drawbacks, such as increased assembly complexity and greater work flow fluctuations, mainly due to the differences between the models assembled in the line. This research has adopted a new approach to cope with the above disadvantages in which the models are clustered into several as- sembly lines. The research presents a Model Partitioning and Clustering Algorithm (MPCA), which determines the similarity between models and assigns them accordingly to different parallel assembly lines. Empirical analysis shows that the MPCA can find a better solution than the optimal solution for one Mixed-Model line, which assembles all the models simultaneously.
AB - Although Mixed-Model assembly lines have a number of advantages over Single- Model lines, they suffer from several drawbacks, such as increased assembly complexity and greater work flow fluctuations, mainly due to the differences between the models assembled in the line. This research has adopted a new approach to cope with the above disadvantages in which the models are clustered into several as- sembly lines. The research presents a Model Partitioning and Clustering Algorithm (MPCA), which determines the similarity between models and assigns them accordingly to different parallel assembly lines. Empirical analysis shows that the MPCA can find a better solution than the optimal solution for one Mixed-Model line, which assembles all the models simultaneously.
KW - Assembly lines
KW - Heuristic method
KW - Manufacturing system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891488740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-69820-3_47
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-69820-3_47
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AN - SCOPUS:84891488740
T3 - The Future of Product Development - Proceedings of the 17th CIRP Design Conference
SP - 483
EP - 492
BT - The Future of Product Development - Proceedings of the 17th CIRP Design Conference
A2 - Krause, Frank-Lothar
T2 - 17th CIRP Design Conference
Y2 - 1 March 2007
ER -