Logforum. 2023. 19(2), article 2, 183-193; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2023.810
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY LINES USING SIMPLE ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM TYPE-E
Salah Eddine Ayoub El Ahmadi, Laila El Abbadi, Samah Elrhanimi
Engineering Sciences Laboratory, National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Background: An assembly line is a technique used in mass production industries, especially in the automotive industry; it consists of many workstations organized along a conveyor belt system or other material handling equipment. The assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) involves assigning assembly tasks to workstations on the line while meeting optimization goals. It is considered a critical issue in operations management because it directly affects the productivity of the entire manufacturing system.
Methods: Based on the mathematical model previously developed by (Esmaeilbeigi, Naderi, and Charkhgard 2015) for the E-type SALBP problem, we proposed a new model adaptable to the automotive sector. The proposed model uses new feasibility rules and optimizes constraints in order to propose better balancing results and efficiency.
Results: A computational experiment is presented in this article, using the newly developed model to balance an assembly line in an automotive manufacturing plant consisting of 5 workstations.
Conclusions: The experimental results show that the proposed model improved the line efficiency by 15%, which proves that the proposed method has good robustness.
Keywords: Assembly line balancing, Automotive industry, SALBP, SALBP- E, Efficiency
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MLA | Ahmadi, Salah Eddine Ayoub El, et al. "Efficiency Improvement of Automotive Assembly Lines Using Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type-E." Logforum 19.2 (2023): 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2023.810 |
APA | Salah Eddine Ayoub El Ahmadi, Laila El Abbadi, Samah Elrhanimi (2023). Efficiency Improvement of Automotive Assembly Lines Using Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type-E. Logforum 19 (2), 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2023.810 |
ISO 690 | AHMADI, Salah Eddine Ayoub El, ABBADI, Laila El, ELRHANIMI, Samah. Efficiency Improvement of Automotive Assembly Lines Using Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type-E. Logforum, 2023, 19.2: 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2023.810 |