Assembly$-$Line Design and Balancing

Step $1$: Identify tasks and immediate predecessors in the assembly line

process.

Step $2$: Determine output rate required of the final item.

Step $3$: Determine cycle time, which is the longest time that an item can be

at any one workstation $($ note: a workstation can be made up of one or more

individual tasks or processes$).$

Step $4$: Compute the "theoretical" minimum number of work stations.

Step $5$: Assign individual tasks to workstations $($i$.$e$.$ balance the line to make

sure the process is flowing smoothly and there are no "bottlenecks" that slow

up the process$).$

Step $6$: Compute efficiency, idle time and balance or eliminate bottlenecks.

Assembly$-$Line Design and Balancing

Step $1$: Identify tasks and immediate predecessors

Step $2$: Determine output rate of final item $($Ex$.60$ bottles

per hour with $8$ hours per shift$).$