Title page for ETD etd-01252006-153425

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Tambe, Pravin Y

Author's Email Address

ptambe1@lsu.edu

URN

etd-01252006-153425

Title

Balancing Mixed-Model Assembly Line to Reduce Work Overload in a Multi-Level Production System

Degree

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (M.S.I.E.)

Department

Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Warren Liao	Committee Chair
Charles McAllister	Committee Member
Xiaoyue Jiang	Committee Member

Keywords

mixed-model assembly line balancing
just-in-time scheduling
production planning and control
scheduling mixed-model assembly

Date of Defense

2005-12-19

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Generating the optimal production schedule for an assembly line, which will balance the workload at all the production stages, is a difficult task considering a variety of practical constraints. Varying customer demand is an important factor to be considered when designing an assembly line. In order to respond to varying customer demand, many companies are attempting to make their production system more flexible/agile or adaptable to change.

Due to the volatile nature of market, companies cannot afford to manufacture same type of product for long period of time and neither can maintain high inventory level; to tackle this problem we propose a new approach of balancing mixed-model assembly line in a multi-level production system.

The emphasis is on incorporating the effect of set-up times of lower production levels on the final assembly schedule. This will facilitate stabilized workload among and across the stations and effectively balance the production schedule at all production stages. As a result, the proposed model assures that workloads are balanced and setup times are reduced to such an extent that WIP and overall inventories are kept to a low level.

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