Abstract
A case study on implementation of walking worker assembly line to improve productivity and utilisation of resources in a heavy duty manufacturing industry
Highlights
SamsinghThe current industry demands high productivity removing every constraint inherited during manufacturing a product with limited resources
An assembly line is a Manufacturing Tool, first made by Henry Ford in his manufacturing of automobiles
The workers are made to walk in between workstations laid out in desired layout to carry out the task assigned at each workstation [2].In fixed worker assembly line, the worker remains static to carry out the operation specified and the product moves down the line according to the process flow [3].Every company aims to produce more products with lesser workforce
Summary
The current industry demands high productivity removing every constraint inherited during manufacturing a product with limited resources. Reconfigurability and Flexibility to produce multiple components depending on customer demand is a key factor. This projects aims at optimizing the productivity of a discrete heavy duty manufacturing company which adopts a Fixed-Worker-Assembly-Line (FWAL) to manufacture multiple products. The dynamic nature of heavy duty manufacturing assembly line is improved by converting FWAL into a Walking-Worker-Assembly-Line (WWAL).
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