Design and management of reconfigurable assembly lines in the automotive industry

In this modern era, the competition among the manufacturing industry, especially in the automotive sector will become increasingly tight which causes companies need to innovate so that satisfaction of the consumer can be maintained. The production process will be an important aspect in the automotive industry to maintain the quality of products and ensure consumer demand can be fulfilled. The problems that often occur in the production process is in the form of production flow constraints caused by workload unbalanced in the assembly lines. The imbalance causes the assembly lines do not run in a cycle time that is determined, so that consumer demand can not be meet in the right amount and companies need to spend more to mitigate them. Therefore, this study was conducted to balance workload on the assembly line by using line balancing form Ranked Positional Weight (RPW) with a subsequent increase in the efficiency and productivity of assembly line that affect production process runs without any contraints.

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Method for Configuring Product and Order Flexible Assembly Lines in the Automotive Industry

Procedia CIRP ◽

10.1016/j.procir.2016.03.051 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 215-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christian Küber ◽

Engelbert Westkämper ◽

Bernd Keller ◽

Hans-Friedrich Jacobi

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Flexible Assembly

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Improving the Quality and Productivity of Steel Wire-rope Assembly Lines for the Automotive Industry

Procedia Manufacturing ◽

10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.214 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 1035-1042 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Conceição Rosa ◽

F.J.G. Silva ◽

Luís Pinto Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

Steel Wire ◽

Wire Rope ◽

Assembly Lines

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Reconfiguration of assembly lines under the influence of high product variety in the automotive industry–a decision support system

International Journal of Production Research ◽

10.1080/00207540903252290 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 48 (21) ◽

pp. 6235-6256 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Simon Altemeier ◽

Marcel Helmdach ◽

Achim Koberstein ◽

Wilhelm Dangelmaier

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Decision Support System ◽

Support System ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Product Variety ◽

Assembly Lines

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Freeing the operator from the machine – as exemplified on assembly lines in the automotive industry

IFAC Proceedings Volumes ◽

10.1016/s1474-6670(17)66534-0 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 10 (13) ◽

pp. 79-85

Author(s):

Rolf Knoll

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

Assembly Lines

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OEE measurement at the automotive semi-automatic assembly lines

Acta Technica Jaurinensis ◽

10.14513/actatechjaur.00576 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Dobra ◽

János Jósvai

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Key Performance Indicators ◽

Automatic Assembly ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Assembly Lines ◽

Performance Quality

Manufacturing companies continuously evaluate their achieved performance based on different Key Performance Indicators (KPI). This article gives an overview about the OEE values. The study aims to provide practical OEE data of semi-automatic assembly lines used in the automotive industry. Its novelty is the revealed relationship between seat assembly lines and seat subassembly lines. Firstly, a literature review shows the scientific relevance and several cases are collected to increase OEE percentage. Secondly, the connection between chassis, tracks, recliner and mechanism assembly lines is described. Each part of OEE (availability, performance, quality) are analysed in terms of their impact.

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