LINE BALANCING OF OPERATIONS IN AN AUTOMOBILE BODY BUILDING SHOP
Keywords:
Line balancing, Assembly line , Rank Position Weighted (RPW method),Feasibility studyAbstract
The production rate is depending on how well the line is running. Line balancing is not about making people work
harder, but working smarter. It is setting up a system for material to flow smoothly through the various manufacturing
processes at the speed required to meet the customer demand. Kondody Autocrafts India Private Limited (KAIPL) is facing a
problem of delay in delivering the vehicle on the actual planned date. There occurs a deviation in the actual date of delivery
from the planned date. This condition is prevailing due to poor line efficiency of the assembly line. It is found that at some
stations, inventory pile up more but in some other stations starving is there, which leads to idleness of work. So the project
aims to propose a new assembly line with the objective of reducing the delay in delivery of finished goods by meeting the
customer demands. This is done with analyzing and application of Assembly Line Balancing methods to the existing assembly
line. This aims to minimize workloads and workers on the assembly line while meeting a required output. This study focuses
on 222viking model. Ranked positional weight method is selected as a tool for line balancing. Line balancing was done to
minimize the idle time and to improve the cycle efficiency by reducing the number of work stations. Thus a new Assembly line
is proposed with the help of RPW method and the technical and financial feasibility in implementing the new assembly line in
the industry is analyzed.
