A review on mixed assembly line balancing, sequencing and scheduling in an industry

Abstract

Assembly line in a production unit is a line of workers and machines. In a manufacturing unit the production of components are done on assembly line. The product moves along this line while it is being processed. The assembly lines changed with time from single models straight lines to the mixed, multi-model lines in a flexible manufacturing system and also lines with parallel work stations, U-shaped lines. The main objective of assembly line design for a system is balancing the assembly line according to the desired production volume per shift and minimizing the number of workstations. In this paper, different assembly line balancing problems (ALBP) have been reviewed and discussed. For solving the assembly line balancing and sequencing problems, the development of mathematical model may be quite helpful for the researchers.