Efficiency Improvement and Capacity Enhancement using Line Balancing Technique

Pradeep Patil#,  Pal; Varsha Karandikar; Sunil Kuber; Vinayak Desai

doi:10.14741/ijcet/v.10.4.6

Pradeep Patil#, Pal Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Varsha Karandikar Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Sunil Kuber Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Vinayak Desai Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14741/ijcet/v.10.4.6

Keywords: Line Balancing, line efficiency, takt time.

Abstract

Maximise the utilization of the resources by optimizing the working conditions and elimination of the waste is the ultimate goal of the lean manufacturing. In order to achieve this we have various tools which can be used as per the need of the project. In this paper we are going to optimize the use of resources by increasing the line efficiency by applying line balancing technique and achieving continuous flow. Increase in demand has set a new takt time which has given us an opportunity to redefine the flow of line and increase the line efficiency from 60.44% to 83.44%. We have used the results of method study to get modified times presented in the table, which helped to get balanced line with improved efficiency.