Line Balancing Using Simulation In Semiconductor Industry

Chee, Chew Yen (2011) Line Balancing Using Simulation In Semiconductor Industry. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Line balancing is a common application in assembly line of the production floor. Basically, line balancing is a way in assigning operations to workstations so that it can be optimal and equal. There have been different kinds of line balancing techniques and algorithms developed in order to obtain optimal solutions for the assignment of operations. Nevertheless, due to the manual and predictive oriented systems, there were some difficulties in determining future events if the current system is modified. Therefore, the application of simulation modeling is another alternative to build up the model that represents the real situation. For the simulation model built, the bottleneck area could be identified and the experiment run on different scenarios could produce the best solutions without disturbing the actual production line. In the current situation, there is no proper study in the bottleneck identification and the labor assignment as well as the labor utilization is still unclear. Therefore, in the study, the assembly line of the semiconductor assembly process is modeled. The solution for the line balancing is found through simulation techniques and experiment runs to identify the optimal assignment to workstations. Overall, from the data collected from industry, a simulation model that mimics the real assembly line is modeled. The study is aimed to develop a simulation model based on the necessary steps from the actual flow of the process line. From the simulation runs, the significant findings such as the bottleneck processes as well as the optimum man to machine ratio of the assembly line are obtained. With this, an improvement such as re-assigning the number of labors or equipments through the number of man-to-machine ratio analysis is proposed. Overall, simulation impact used in this study is expected to determine the optimal circumstances for a balanced line without disturbing the actual production line. Through this, improvement can be proposed for the assembly line in the semiconductor industry.

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