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Dr. Everette S. Gardner, Jr.

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Machine shop process layout

Receiving Grin- Mills ders

Raw matl. Large number of

storage Assem- low volume bly products

Drills Planers

Finished Inspec- goods

Lathes Automatics tion storage

Part A Part B

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Product layout

Raw matl. Fabrication Rec- storage line-part B eiving Fabrication Planer

line-part A

Finished Lathe goods Drill

storage Mill

Mill Drill

Grinder Mill

Assembly line Automatic

Small numberof

high volumeproducts

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Possible solutions to the process layout problem

6 Department problem has 6! or 720 possible solutions:

A B C

D E F

I.E., there are 720 different arrangements of the 6 departments on the 6 locations on the grid.

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Possible solutions to the process layout problem (cont.)

Problem complexity grows exponentially:

Nbr. depts. Solutions 10 3,628,800

15 1.31 x 10^12 20 2.43 x 10^18 50 3.04 x 10^64

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Solutions considered by Craft

• N! solutions to problem with N depts.

• Craft considers only

N(N-1) pairs of exchanges, 2 starting with each

dept.

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Craft initial layout of furniture plant

A B C

D E

F G

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TOTAL COST = $2524.68

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Craft final layout

A E C I G F B H J D

TOTAL COST = $766.68

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Synopsis of assembly line balancing

1. Set up a precedence table.

2. Compute required cycle time:C = (production time) / (required output in

units)

3. Compute minimum cycle time:CMIN = time for longest task

4. Compute minimum number of stations:SMIN = (sum of all times) / C

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Synopsis of assembly line balancing (cont.)

5. Select rule by which tasks are assigned to work stations.Examples:

(1) select tasks with longest operation times first or

(2) select tasks with largest number of following tasks first

6. Assign tasks to the first work station until the sum of the task times are equal to the cycle time, or no other tasks are feasible. Repeat for stations 2, 3, … until tasks are assigned.

7. Evaluate the efficiency of the balance:E = (sum of all times) / (actual nbr. of stations x C)

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Line balancing quiz

0.4 0.3 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.4 0.8

Balance this production line to achieve an output of 367 units per day. Available production time is 8 hrs. less a 40 min. lunch break. Use the largest number of following tasks rule to select tasks for work stations. Break ties with the longest operation time.

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Multiple solutions in line balancing

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Multiple solutions in line balancing (cont.)

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Volvo layouts

Rotatinground tablewith definitecycle time --facilitates teamwork

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Volvo layouts (cont.)

Horseshoeconveyorsections to enable workercommunications

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Volvo layouts (cont.)

Interim storage Storage areas to separate

line into definitesupervisory groups

Supervisor Supervisor B A

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Volvo layouts (cont.)

Machines groupedin banks of 3so workers canexchange jobs andassist each otherin set-up

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Volvo continued

Connections of subassembly islands feed parts/components to end-assembly islands—each island functions as a separate team

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