SimBa: A simulation and balancing system for manual production lines

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 1997

Authors

Praca, IC (Author) Other; Adriano Carvalho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: RE-ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Pages: 225-234

OE/IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated and Sustainable Industrial Production

LISBON, PORTUGAL, MAY, 1997

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Authenticus ID: P-001-CXG

Abstract (EN): The balancing and the comparison between different solutions through the simulation of operation of man based production lines is an important tool to help to decide properly at the level of production planning. This tool becomes much more important in the planning of lines based on variable performance work stations, due to needs of learning, fast changes of operations, which cause frequent bottlenecks and difficulties in previewing the future performance of the production lines. In the paper the authors analyse this problem and present a validated solution to perform the line balance and to provide a tool to simulate posterior production to help the production manager configure the line according to the objective of balancing it.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10