Applications of work study techniques for improving productivity at assembly workstation of valve manufacturing industry

Abstract

The work is carried to determine total cycle time to manufacture one gate valve assembly in valve manufacturing industry. Improvement in productivity can be achieved through more efficient use of capital investments, human resource, technological innovation and developments. The goal was to improve the productivity through more efficient use of capital and human resource. Plant layout is the arrangement of machines on shop floor. This arrangement of machines will have impact on total cycle time to produce finished product. The present study explains about the productivity improvement in the plant layout of Micon valve manufacturing industries which is one of the reputed industries in Dharwad, India . Data was collected about existing plant layout and about chain of flow of product, man or machine with help of flow process chart. This flow process chart was used to establish layout from the point of improving layout and to identify/decide the locations of different workstations. The results obtained from this research work indicated that in proposed method there was reduction in total cycle time of 73 minutes and the total distance travelled by 130meters, which lead to increase in productivity at the assembly line of valve manufacturing industry.