Balancing Serial U-Lines in Lean Production

Jing Zha (), Hao-ping Li and Xiang-feng Zeng
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Jing Zha: China Three Gorges University
Hao-ping Li: China Three Gorges University
Xiang-feng Zeng: China Three Gorges University

Chapter Chapter 79 in Proceedings of 2012 3rd International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012), 2013, pp 791-800 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Serial U-lines; U-line balancing; Lean production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33012-4_79

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