ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING IN AN ALTERNATOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY USING RPW METHOD
| Author(s) | : | Joyal George Mathew, Dr.BijuAugustine.P |
| Institution | : | M.tech, Industrial Engineering and Management, Department of Mechanical Engineering, RIT, Kottayam |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 5 — May 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 561-567 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Improper line balancing causes the accumulation of inventories, poor distribution of workloads and workers alongthe assembly line. Many companies facing a problem of irregular production rate. So we decided to propose a new assemblytime with the objective of redeployment of work force. This is done with analyzing and application of RPW method to theexisting assembly line. This aims to minimize workloads and workers on the assembly line while meeting a required output.The production rate is depending on how well the line is running. A new layout will be proposed to make the assembly lineachieve its required production rate. The work involves analysis of present production line for identifying the sources ofwaste in differentiating Value added time and non-value added time. Line balancing was done to minimize the idle time andimprove cycle efficiency by reducing the number of work stations.
Joyal George Mathew, Dr.BijuAugustine.P, “ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING IN AN ALTERNATOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY USING RPW METHOD”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp. 561-567, May 2017.
