Assembly Line Balance: Practical Industrial Engineering in the Documentation, Measurement, and Balance of the Assembly line - Paperback

by Thomas D. Shropshire (Author)

"Industrial Engineers by profession, and by nature, are solvers ofpuzzles. And as for me, I feel there can be no more satisfying puzzle to solvethan the successful balance of a manufacturing process, in the form of aproduction assembly line. So says the author of this highly informative bookfocusing on what he refers to as "practical" industrial engineering.But before a solution can be found to a line balance puzzle, the engineer musthave a thorough knowledge and understanding of the components of theproblem.Part One of this book "The Necessity of Documentation" focuses on learningthe product, and its variations, and with the all-important Sequence of Events -identifying and documenting all of the work elements needed to build theproduct. And with the interactions between the engineer on the line associatesbuilding that product.Part Two of this book "The Art of Work Measurement" deals not so much withthe mechanics of measuring time is with the activities and etiquettes of applyingtime values to work elements, sometimes in a hostile environment, workingwith assemblers who really don't want you to be there doing what you'redoing, but to whom you owe a "fair, complete, and correct work standard."And finally, Part Three "The Technique of Line Balance" explains the information, and the calculations needed to set up the balance problem. And offersmethods and techniques used to find a solution.