Abstract
Synchronous production lines are those in which the timing of the job movement between stations is coordinated in such a way that all of the jobs are indexed simultaneously. Unpaced synchronous lines are synchronous lines that advance only when all the stations have completed their tasks. Numerous industrial applications have used unpaced synchronous lines, but little research has been conducted regarding unpaced synchronous production line-balancing problems. This research studies the unpaced synchronous production line-balancing problem with stochastic task-completion times, and develops a tabu-search metaheuristic approach to solve the problem using two methods of analysis: extreme value theory and simulation. Through the analysis of the computational results, we discover that unpaced synchronous production lines are quite efficient relative to paced lines.
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