Industrial Engineering & Management

Katsuhiko Takahashi

Publications

• Review Article
  Policy for Rearranging Workers for a Self-Balancing Production Line with Worker Learning
  Author(s): Daisuke Hirotani, Katsumi Morikawa and Katsuhiko TakahashiDaisuke Hirotani, Katsumi Morikawa and Katsuhiko Takahashi
  
  In the traditional production lines such as assembly lines, each worker is usually assigned to a particular fixed position, and the speed of performing the task decreases until the worker masters the assigned work. However, when an imbalance in the speeds of the workers exists, any given worker can delay the overall work on the production line, and the production rate of the particular line will also decrease. To avoid this problem, the “Self-Balancing Production Line” was introduced. In this type of production line, each worker is assigned work dynamically so they can keep the production line balanced while satisfying the specific conditions. A previous paper studying worker learning has been published. When a worker learns, the speed of the worker can be increased. In that paper, the authors analyzed the conditions with and without passing and claimed that if passing is .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2169-0316.1000146

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