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A Review of Analytical Systems of Line Balancing

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  • Maurice D. Kilbridge

    (University of Chicago)

  • Leon Wester

    (Armour Research Foundation)

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Although progressive assembly has been practiced for fifty years in American industry, most of the basic problems associated with the system have, through the years, received little analytical attention. Among these is the line-balancing problem. It is of great practical importance, and yet, until very recently, industry has been satisfied to use trial-and-error techniques for line balancing that are time consuming and generally yield poor results. In the last few years this problem has come into vogue resulting in a rash of analytical papers on the subject. Some of these present systems of line balancing that are proving to be useful. This paper summarizes and discusses these systems, shows their applicability to different kinds of assembly lines, and points up the unsolved problems remaining in this area.

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  • Maurice D. Kilbridge & Leon Wester, 1962. "A Review of Analytical Systems of Line Balancing," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 10(5), pages 626-638, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:10:y:1962:i:5:p:626-638
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.10.5.626
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    1. Arnd Huchzermeier & Tobias Mönch, 2023. "Mixed‐model assembly lines with variable takt and open stations," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 32(3), pages 704-722, March.
    2. McMullen, Patrick R. & Frazier, Gregory V., 1997. "A heuristic for solving mixed-model line balancing problems with stochastic task durations and parallel stations," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 177-190, September.
    3. Becker, Christian & Scholl, Armin, 2009. "Balancing assembly lines with variable parallel workplaces: Problem definition and effective solution procedure," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 199(2), pages 359-374, December.
    4. Ece Sancı & Meral Azizoğlu, 2017. "Rebalancing the assembly lines: exact solution approaches," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(20), pages 5991-6010, October.

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