Simulation for Balancing of Assembly Line using Heuristics: A Case Study of Automotive Manufacturing Industry

The efficiency of production is greatly determined by the assembly line's balance. It entails an even distribution of work among all workstations in order to ensure a smooth flow of work with minimal bottlenecks. The Kilbridge and Wester Column (KWC) is a heuristic approach that is often used in line balancing. The balancing of assembly line of an automotive industry that manufactures the air condition duct ASSY of a car is focused in this study. The Problem reported by management is an unequal allocation of job load across employees resulting in a high ideal time. The assembly line is optimized by using the Kilbridge and Wester Column approach. To test and verify the results, the present and proposed models are simulated using arena software.