Review production capacity through assembly line balancing study at production line in manufacturing industry

Zubaidi Wahyono, Fauzan Fathullah (2024) Review production capacity through assembly line balancing study at production line in manufacturing industry. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Current competitive environment in manufacturing industries has driven companies to adopt methods to improve their production capacity. Assembly Line Balancing (ALB) is an approach to improve production capacity and effectiveness in Assembly Line (AL) at industry. Next, the objectives of this research are (ⅰ) to identify the factor of unbalance AL, (ⅱ) to implement ALB technique to improve capacity of current AL, (ⅲ) to propose the improvement need to be taken to the current assembly by assigning a number of workstations need in the AL and determine the suitable processing time for the processes. This study is conducted thoroughly by referring to literature study. This study uses a case study approach to data collection that focuses on manufacturing industries. The researcher's goal is to thoroughly evaluate assembly line productivity and improve it by utilizing the ALB technique by combining qualitative and quantitative methods. The collected data then analyzed to propose improvement method by conducting time study methodology in ALB and determine the optimum number of workstations in the AL. A significant finding from this research is the effect of implementing ALB in AL, such as standard process time, process flow and optimum number of workstations to the assembly process. The outcome of this research will be presented to Company X, an automotive manufacturing company. This research improves productivity of AL and improve the working condition by assigning optimal task distribution in the workstation. The outcomes provide practical insights for professionals to optimize production capacity, streamline operations, and gain a competitive edge.

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