Key issues of assembly operations -- Product quality analysis -- Trend and seasonality analysis -- Takt time and capacity -- Visualizing the assembly process -- The concept of the assembly line -- Collecting assembly time data -- Line balancing -- Assembly station sizing -- Detailed design of assembly stations -- Part presentation -- Conveyance between stations -- Assembly cells -- Overall shape of assembly lines -- Preventing picking errors -- Inspection, test, and rework operations
Summary
A discussion of Just In Time (JIT) or Kanban manufacturing processes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index
