抄録
In Line Balancing principles, the total workload in the assembly process is divided as evenly as possible among the workstations, without violating the sequences and relations in the assembly operations. Line balancing is important in an assembly system as it balances the line and increases a system's efficiency as well as productivity. A case study was conducted in one assembly line of an electrical accessories manufacturer in Malaysia. The cycle time for each station was recorded and standard cycle time was estimated. The productivity and efficiency of the current assembly line were studied. The efficiency of the current assembly line was 77.36%, which was considerably low. In terms of productivity, current systems performance was 311 units/worker/day, while the expected productivity was 333 units/worker/day. A different assembly line setting was proposed based on Line Balancing Method, and the efficiency of the assembly line improved to 89.13%, and productivity for the proposed line increased to 345 units/worker/day or in rough additional increase around 11 percent.
