Written by Brian Harrington on Wednesday August 12th 2015 in Technical Corner
Line Balancing with Simulation
Achieve a well-balanced manufacturing line that will hit target throughput.
Line Balancing is challenging, especially when we’re limited to deterministic calculations. With so many different requirements on the system the outcomes of a new process may difficult to predict. This is where simulation comes in. With a simple simulation of the line assembly operations we can accurately identify bottlenecks, run different production schedules and evaluate the impact of design and scheduling decisions.
In this whitepaper we will focus on the key Line Balancing steps:
The Core Essentials
- Determining how many stations are needed
- Assigning tasks to stations
Going Beyond with Simulation
- Going Beyond Deterministic Calculations with Simulation
- Adding Operators to the Analysis
- Adding Additional Stochastic Behavior
From this whitepaper we can see that we can build small scale simulation models that follow the deterministic line balancing paradigms, but with all the dynamic features of a complex simulation.
By following all of the steps outlined in the paper we can achieve a well-balanced flexible manufacturing line that will hit its targeted throughput.
Download the Whitepaper
From this whitepaper we can see that we can build small scale simulation models that follow the deterministic line balancing paradigms, but with all the dynamic features of a complex simulation.
