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 lines are traditional and still attractive means of mass and large-scale series
production. Since the early times of Henry Ford several developments took place which …

Rapid and cost-effective scalability of the throughput of manufacturing systems is an
invaluable feature for the management of manufacturing enterprises. System design for …

Manufacturing enterprises are facing in the last decades unpredictable market changes
driven by global competition. To stay competitive, these enterprises must possess new types …

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 …

Continuous process flow is a prerequisite of lean systems as it helps to reduce throughput
times, improve quality, minimize operational costs, and shorten delivery times. The purpose …

A novel line balancing problem is considered. It differs from assembly line balancing
problems in that the operations of each workstation are partitioned into blocks of …

A balancing problem for paced production lines with workstations in series and blocks of
parallel operations at the workstations is considered. Operations of each workstation are …

Purpose–This paper presents an investigation on the line balancing of an automated
cylinder block production transfer line in order to reduce the total cycle time and increase …