Analysis of Line Balancing Problems
The procedure involves the followings steps:
- Determine the number of work stations and time available at each work stations.
- Group the individual tasks into approximately equal amounts of work at each work station.
- Evaluate the efficiency of grouping.
When the available work time at any station exceeds that can be done by one worker additional workers must be added at that work station.The key to efficient line balancing is to group activities or tasks in such a way that the work times at the work station are at or slightly less than the cycle time or a multiple of cycle time, if more than one worker is required in any workstation.