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Indexed by:Journal Papers

Date of Publication:2011-01-01

Journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING-THEORY APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE

Included Journals:Scopus、SCIE

Volume:18

Issue:5

Page Number:260-269

ISSN No.:1943-670X

Key Words:production line; lean; facility layout; model; design

Abstract:Considering that the unreasonable facility layout of a production line directly or indirectly leads to low production efficiency is very common in Chinese manufacturing workshops, facility lean layout system of a production line is researched and designed. By analyzing the influencing factors of the facility layout system, optimization objectives and constraint conditions of facility layout system are summarized. A function model and a design structure model of the studied lean facility layout system are built. Based on the in-depth analyses of the mathematical model designed to denote the layout optimization design of a production line, a prototype lean facility layout system of a production line is developed. The application results of the designed facility layout system in cylinder liner production line show that the designed lean facility layout system can effectively enhance the production efficiency and improve the use efficiency of the equipments.