Production Flow Line System Design–A Review

State-of-the-art exact and heuristic solution procedures for simple assembly line balancing

“…., n t min , t max , t sum Minimal, maximal, total task time p j Station requirement of task j; p j = t j /c P j ðP Ã j Þ Set of direct (all) predecessors of task j F j ðF Ã j Þ Set of direct (all) followers of task j S k , t (S k ) Station load, station time of station k; tðS k Þ ¼ P j2Sk t j , k = 1,. . ., m I k Idle time of station k; I k = cÀt (S k ) a j , n j Head, tail of task j E j , L j Earliest, latest station for task j Former surveys covering SALBP procedures are given by Buxey et al (1973), Baybars (1986a), Shtub and Dar-El (1989), Ghosh and Gagnon (1989), Sarin (1998), Scholl (1999, Chapter 1) as well as Rekiek et al (2002b).…”

Allocation of Buffer Capacities for a Class of Fixed Cycle Production Lines

“…Buzacott [3 1,[4], [5] , [6] has investigated these problems under various assumptions of machine reliability and product flow. For a recent survey of the literature concerning production lines, see Buxey, et al [2].…”

A methodology for the selection of assembly systems

“…Only valid combinations of the three attributes, as illustrated in Fig. I, should be considered (see also Buxey et al 1973 andDar-EI 1978).…”