AGE AND GENDER BASED WORKLOAD CONSTRAINT FOR ASSEMBLY LINE WORKER ASSIGNMENT AND BALANCING PROBLEM IN A TEXTILE FIRM

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dc.contributor.authorEfe, Burak
dc.contributor.authorKremer, Gul E. Okudan
dc.contributor.authorKurt, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:49:08Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:49:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates Assembly Line Worker Assignment and Balancing Problem (ALWABP), focusing specifically on productive workload differences due to age and gender of workers, to minimize the number of workstations. Most of the published papers on assembly line balancing problems (ALBP) are focused only on the task processing times. However, this may cause an overload in work assignments for certain workers. A work-overload may cause fatigue and thus lead to a decrease in line efficiency and factory productivity, and also result in an increase in quality problems and work-related injuries. To avoid the negative implications of work-overload conditions, this paper assigns tasks among workstations without exceeding the cycle time or the age and gender-adjusted physical workload capacity (PWLC). We propose a regression model to determine age and gender-based PWLC. Six different age categories are analyzed to show the impacts of age and gender on PWLC. We propose a binary (0-1) integer linear programming (BILP) for ALWABP, where age and gender-adjusted PWLC is considered. The efficiency of the model is shown on test problems and a real-life application in a textile firm. An ALWABP is considered taking into account the processing times and physical workloads for a textile factory assembly line of 53 tasks. The numbers of stations for ALWABP without and with the physical workload in the textile firm assembly line case are 5 and 6, respectively. All workstations are balanced in terms of physical workload and processing times. The results show that advancing average age increases the number of stations (NS), and this situation triggers a reduction in line efficiency (LE) and PWLC utilization ratio.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage17en_US
dc.identifier.issn1943-670X
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/18016
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000431221200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniv Cincinnati Industrial Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal Of Industrial Engineering-Theory Applications And Practiceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectHuman Factorsen_US
dc.subjectAssembly Line Worker Assignment And Balancing Problemen_US
dc.subjectLinear Programmingen_US
dc.subjectPhysical Workload Capacityen_US
dc.titleAGE AND GENDER BASED WORKLOAD CONSTRAINT FOR ASSEMBLY LINE WORKER ASSIGNMENT AND BALANCING PROBLEM IN A TEXTILE FIRMen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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