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Balancing Serial U-Lines in Lean Production

In: Proceedings of 2012 3rd International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012)

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  • Jing Zha

    (China Three Gorges University)

  • Hao-ping Li

    (China Three Gorges University)

  • Xiang-feng Zeng

    (China Three Gorges University)

Abstract

In lean production, multiple U-lines are always combined to eliminate waste, which is called large room effect. The paper discusses three types of serial U-lines balancing including tail-to-head type, head-to-head type and hybrid type. A goal programming model which considered the minimization of workstations and the first or last workstation’s operation time is established in each situation. Example applications indicate that serial U-lines with tail-to-head type are more efficient to reduce manpower and serial U-lines with head-to-head type are more convenient of material flow. The hybrid way owns the above two type’s advantages and demonstrates its effectiveness.

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  • Jing Zha & Hao-ping Li & Xiang-feng Zeng, 2013. "Balancing Serial U-Lines in Lean Production," Springer Books, in: Runliang Dou (ed.), Proceedings of 2012 3rd International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012), edition 127, chapter 0, pages 791-800, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-33012-4_79
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33012-4_79
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