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Assembly line balancing problem (OPM 1)

Example: Work Elements (Small electrical appliance)

No. Element Description Te (min.) Must be Precedence by


1 Place frame on work holder and clamp 0.2 ---
2 Assemble plug, grommet to power cord 0.4
3 Assemble brackets to frame 0.7 1
4 Wire power cord to motor 0.1 1,2
5 Wire power cord to switch 0.3 2
6 Assemble mechanism plate to bracket 0.11 3
7 Assemble blade to bracket 0.32 3
8 Assemble motor to bracket 0.6 3,4
9 Align blade and attach to motor 0.27 6,7,8
10 Assemble switch to motor bracket 0.38 5,8
11 Attach cover, inspect, and test 0.5 9,10
12 Place in tote pan for packing 0.12 11

Demand = 480 units per day (a day – 8 hours shift)

Precedence Diagram

T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal


Assembly line balancing problem (OPM 1)

1. Largest-Candidate Rule (LCR)

Procedure:

[1] List all elements in descending order of Te value, largest Te at the top of the list.
[2] To assign elements to the first workstation, start at the top of the list and work
done, selecting the first feasible element for placement at the station. A feasible
element is one that satisfies the precedence requirements and does not cause the
sum of the Te value at station to exceed the cycle time Tc.
[3] Repeat step 2.

2. Kilbridge and Wester's Method (KWM)


Procedure:
[1] Construct the precedence diagram so those nodes representing work elements of
identical precedence are arranged vertically in columns.
[2] List the elements in order of their columns, column I at the top of the list. If an
element can be located in more than one column, list all columns by the element to
show the transferability of the element.
[3] To assign elements to workstations, start with the column I elements. Continue the
assignment procedure in order of column number until the cycle time is reached
(Tc).

3. Ranked Positional Weights Method (RPW)

Procedure:
[1] Calculate the RPW for each element by summing the elements Te together with the
Te values for all the elements that follow it in the arrow chain of the precedence
diagram.
[2] List the elements in the order of their RPW, largest RPW at the top of the list. For
convenience, include the Te value and immediate predecessors for each element.
[3] Assign elements to stations according to RPW, avoiding precedence constraint and
time cycle violations.

T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal

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