A survey of the parallel assembly lines balancing problem

Assembly lines are mass production systems which are significant in the industrial production of both standard and customised products. Currently, industrial companies offer several products and it is common for an assembly system to have multiple assembly lines. Parallel assembly lines are multiple...

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Autores: Aguilar Gamarra, Harry Nick|||0000-0002-7623-7691, García Villoria, Alberto|||0000-0003-4048-2465, Pastor Moreno, Rafael|||0000-0002-6188-4458
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/336902
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/336902
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Heuristic programming
Linear programming
Industrial equipment
Assembly line balancing
Multiple lines
Parallel lines
Survey
Review
State-of-the-art
Treball en cadena
Programació heurística
Programació lineal
Maquinària en la indústria
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
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Sumario:Assembly lines are mass production systems which are significant in the industrial production of both standard and customised products. Currently, industrial companies offer several products and it is common for an assembly system to have multiple assembly lines. Parallel assembly lines are multiple lines located in such a way as to allow improvements in the system’s efficiency through the use of common resources. In recent years several research studies have been made on parallel assembly lines. In this paper, we survey the parallel assembly lines balancing problem (PALBP) studies. Moreover, a classification scheme is provided to ease understanding. Finally, the main gaps in the literature are described and future research directions are presented.