[HTML][HTML] Assembly line balancing: What happened in the last fifteen years?

N Boysen, P Schulze, A Scholl - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …

Hybridizations in line balancing problems: A comprehensive review on new trends and formulations

O Battaïa, A Dolgui - International Journal of Production Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
In the research on production economics, line balancing is an intensively studied
combinatorial optimisation problem. In our previous comprehensive survey on line …

Integrated mixed-model assembly line balancing and parts feeding with supermarkets

Y Delice, EK Aydoğan, S Himmetoğlu… - CIRP Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the automotive industry, decentralized in-house logistic areas called supermarkets are
used for parts feeding to mixed-model assembly lines. In the literature, generally, the …

A novel bi-level multi-objective genetic algorithm for integrated assembly line balancing and part feeding problem

J Chen, X Jia, Q He - International Journal of Production Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The manufacturing industry has been pursuing an efficient and economical assembly
system. By considering assembly line balancing (ALB) and part feeding (PF) as an …

An improved genetic algorithm with variable neighborhood search to solve the assembly line balancing problem

M Fathi, A Nourmohammadi, A HC Ng… - Engineering …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to propose an efficient optimization algorithm to solve the assembly
line balancing problem (ALBP). The ALBP arises in high-volume, lean production systems …

A Joint Assembly Line Balancing and Feeding Problem (JALBFP) considering direct and indirect supply strategies

M Calzavara, S Finco, D Battini… - … Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In an assembly system, balancing the line and designing the part feeding setting play a
fundamental role in guaranteeing efficiency and effectiveness. Although these two aspects …

An integrated bi-objective U-shaped assembly line balancing and parts feeding problem: optimization model and exact solution method

ÖF Yılmaz - Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 2022 - Springer
In this study, an integrated bi-objective objective U-shaped assembly line balancing and
parts feeding problem is explored by considering the heterogeneity inherent of workers. An …

Design of stochastic assembly lines considering line balancing and part feeding with supermarkets

A Nourmohammadi, H Eskandari… - Engineering …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article aims to address the assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) and supermarket
location problem (SLP) as two long-term interrelated decision problems considering the …

The multi-manned joint assembly line balancing and feeding problem

F Zangaro, S Minner, D Battini - International Journal of Production …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Joint Assembly Line Balancing and Feeding Problem (JALBFP) assigns a line feeding
mode to each component (Assembly Line Feeding Problem) and each task to a workplace of …

[HTML][HTML] Production sustainability via supermarket location optimization in assembly lines

M Fathi, A Nourmohammadi, M Ghobakhloo, M Yousefi - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Manufacturers worldwide are nowadays in pursuit of sustainability. In the Industry 4.0 era, it
is a common practice to implement decentralized logistics areas, known as supermarkets, to …