Line balancing belongs to a class of intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems
known to be NP-hard in general. For several decades, the core problem originally …

Assembly line balancing (ALB) deals with how tasks are assigned in an assembly line to
reach the required production rate and to optimize goals. Tasks in assembly line are …

We consider the context of machining systems design where both equipment selection and
line balancing decisions have to be taken in order to minimise the total cost of the system …

When designing a new large manufacturing system with high throughput, the corporation
should weigh several factors: the capital investment cost, the system's responsiveness to …

In this paper, we introduce two application studies of Production Systems Engineering (PSE)
at a Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA. Specifically, we study the …

This review paper presents the state of the art on the problems, approaches and analytical
models for assembly and transfer line design and balancing that addresses explicitly cost …

A unified, systematic approach to applying mixed integer programming solutions to
integrated scheduling in customer-driven supply chains Supply chain management is a …

We consider the problem of designing a reconfigurable machining line. Such a line is
composed of a sequence of workstations performing specific sets of operations. Each …

This paper deals with a novel line balancing problem for flexible transfer lines composed of
identical CNC machines. The studied lines are paced and serial, ie a part to be machined …

In this paper, we present a real-life Assembly Line Balancing Problem for an electronics
manufacturing company. The main characteristics of the problem are as follows:(i) a set of …