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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Eswaramoorthi, M. | John, Mervyn | Rajagopal, C. Arjun | Prasad, P.S.S. | Mohanram, P.V.
Affiliations: Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Note: [] Address for correspondence: M. Eswaramoorthi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, India. Tel.: +91 422 2572177; Fax: +91 422 2573833; E-mail: moorthi65@yahoo.com
Abstract: With the current state of the global economy, demand for various products plummeting. To sustain in the market, companies have to reduce cost and improve quality. Today, companies have started implementing new philosophies like TQM, TPM, six sigma and lean manufacturing techniques to remain competitive in the market. Lean manufacturing is an emerging philosophy which continuously strives to reduce waste. The main objective of analyzing the assembly line with a lean perspective is to identify the areas related to human interface with other systems that could lead to the generation of waste. Improper workplace design leads to unreasonable mental or physical burden and results in waste generation like slow work (delay and inventory), and defects, which is named as muri waste. An attempt has been made in this paper to locate muri waste and create a "Lean assembly line". The proposed method, based on the use of Rapid Upper Limp Assessment (RULA) with CATIA V5 platform, has allowed the measurement of a large set of operator posture parameters and assessment of ergonomic stresses. Based on the results, the process stations in the assembly line were redesigned to prevent the generation of waste.
Keywords: Lean assembly line, cycle time, waste, muri, RULA
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0975
Journal: Work, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 231-240, 2010
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