Title: Working time evaluation in assembly lines

Authors: M. Karimi-Nasab; Unes Bahalke; H.R. Feili; A. Sheikhzadeh; K. Dolatkhahi

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1684613114, Narmak, Tehran, Iran. ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1684613114, Narmak, Tehran, Iran. ' Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alzahra University, P.O. Box 1993891176, Tehran, Iran. ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box 1684613114, Tehran, Iran, Iran. ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1684613114, Narmak, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: Assembly lines are special flow-line production systems which are of great importance in the industrial mass production. This paper introduces the deterioration effects in assembly lines that the aim of the developed mathematical model and the proposed genetic algorithm is to minimise the working time of a product in a cycle of assembly. Task deterioration means that a task processed later consumes more time than the same task when it is processed earlier. At the end several well-known examples are solved and the results proved that the deterioration will affect both cycle time and working time, simultaneously.

Keywords: assembly line balancing; working time; sequencing; task deterioration; genetic algorithms; GAs; cycle time.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMOR.2012.044469

International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 2012 Vol.4 No.1, pp.1 - 17

Published online: 23 Dec 2014 *

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