Incorporating physical demand criteria into assembly line balancing

Ein flexibler zweistufiger Graphen-Algorithmus zur Fließbandabstimmung mit praxisrelevanten Nebenbedingungen

“…Beispiele sind etwa ein knappes Raumangebot an einer Station (Sawik, 2002) oder physische (Carnahan et al, 2001) oder psychische (Zäpfel, 1975, S. 17f.…”

A goal programming mixed-model line balancing for processing time and physical workload

“…Chen et al (1994) defined main causes of workload and developed a model which could predict workload level from a human engineering aspect and Hagberg et al (1995) made a conclusion that building a balanced assembly line based on processing time only eventually leads to the overload of workers and increases the risk of potential work injury. In order to prevent these potential illnesses, Carnahan et al (2001) added some physical demands to the cycle time minimizing formulation and developed an algorithm for single model case, in which they used grasping power to express the physical demands. Jung and Jung (2001) determined causes of physical workload and afterwards developed a method to assess workers' total workload level.…”

Absalom: Balancing assembly lines with assignment restrictions

“…In the recent classification scheme of Boysen et al (2007) Bhattacharjee and Sahu (1987), , Buxey (1974), Deckro (1989), Gökcen and Erel (1997), Hautsch et al (1972), Klenke (1977), Lapierre and Ruiz (2004), Miralles (2005), Pastor and Corominas (2000), Pinnoi and Wilhelm (1997), Rekiek et al (2001Rekiek et al ( , 2002, Roberts and Villa (1970), Schofield (1979), Simaria (2002, 2006), Zäpfel (1975) 13 inc Agnetis et al (1995), Bautista and Pereira (2002), Bautista et al (2000), Bhattacharjee and Sahu (1987), , Buxey (1974), Deckro (1989), Gökcen and Erel (1997), Klenke (1977), Lapierre and Ruiz (2004), Park et al (1997), Pastor and Corominas (2000), Pinnoi and Wilhelm (1997), Rekiek et al (2001), Schofield (1979), Simaria (2002, 2006), Zäpfel (1975) 7 cum Arcus (1966), Bautista and Pereira (2007), , Carnahan et al (2001), Kim and Park (1995), Liu and Chen (2002), Miralles (2005) Pastor et al (2002, Pinnoi and Wilhelm (1997), …”

“…Then, station loads are only acceptable if the cumulated space needs of required resources is not exceeding the available space (e.g., Kim and Park 1995;Pastor et al 2002;Sawik 2002;Bautista and Pereira 2007). Another constraint might concern the cumulated requirement on the operators' grip strengths which must not exceed a certain threshold from an ergonomic point of view (Carnahan et al 2001). …”