Even
if you have the opportunity to do your line balancing interactively,
you will quickly realize that the problem's complexity requires
an Automatic Balancing tool. Thanks to our proprietary Grouping
Genetic Algorithms written in C++, OptiLine offers
you the fastest and most complete (in terms of compliance
with real industrial constraints) automatic balancing tool ever.
Indeed, our algorithm takes the following
constraints into account:
- Precedence constraints
- Operations fixed on one workstation
- Linked operations
- Unmovable operations and/or workstations
- Multi-variant products where not all
operations appear in all variants
- Cycle times may vary among workstations,
to account for different manpower, or to speed the end of the
line for easier jam recovery
New as of
version 2.1.8 :
- Zoning constraints limiting an operation
to a subset of workstations
- Multiple operators assigned to a workstation
- Multiple operators required for an operation
New as of
version 2.6.2 :
- Variants can now be introduced as a Bill of Material Tree
OptiLine even gives you the detailed schedule of each of your
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