Manual assembly cells vs. sequential line

Abstract

Manufacturing line efficiency is an important issue directly influencing the profitability and competitiveness on the market. Comparison shows efficiency advantages for the cell-based manual assembly line in comparison with sequential line. Downsides of the cell-based line configuration are increased capital cost, larger footprint and increased complexity of the manufacturing task on each station.

Keywords:

• Manufacturing line
• assembly line
• line efficiency
• line layout
• manufacturing cell
• assembly cell
• operator performance

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the ResMed manufacturing team and specifically Rawikarn Baker for the pleasure working together on this project.