The Registered Version accepts up to 500 operations for study. The Trial Version is limited to 20 operations but also includes the full documentation for the tool and explains the serial line and cost models in detail. The tool offers a straight forward 4-step approach to problem formulation with a simple and familiar spreadsheet-type interface for entering data. The help file (accessed by its menu or pressing the F1 key) contains step-by-step instructions on solving problems and tutorials on modeling and advanced topics.
The problem can be studied with respect to various measures of effectiveness and the tool collects and automatically reports up to 20 statistics for the studied sequences.
The line consists of a number (n) of operations (Ops) that must be completed to have a finished product. These finished products will be referred to as "Finishes". At the start of the line, the unfinished products will be referred to as "Starts". In the Basic Model, there is no yield loss (attrition) and Starts = Finishes. The total processing time to make one "Finish" is the sum of all of the n-operations.
The operations have ordering constraints or precedence relationships as illustrated below.
With this inexpensive analysis and sequencing optimization tool you can do just that. You can:
Is it easy to use? Yes! Just enter relevant operational data and press a few buttons, and appears a champion sequence to put your line on track. Analyze your existing line with automatically generated measures of performance or design a new line from scratch. Its very versatile!
The tool is applicable to most serial flow lines with sequential workstations, and precedence constraints. Examples of serial assembly lines include semiconductor assembly and test lines, and automobile and aircraft assembly lines. Once a good sequence is generated, the results can be used as input for resource and labor allocations or other production analysis.
In addition to searching for solutions that minimize the number of workstations or flow time in the line (a Time-Efficient solution), the tool can also search for the sequence with the best cost performance based on each operation's yield and cost profile (a Cost-Efficient solution). This is useful when performing WIP Investment analysis.
ATC's Assembly Line Tool is based on a Basic Serial Model with three main variations - The Yield and Cost Models and Flow Type -Paced or Unpaced.
Screenshots - Click image to view.
Try a Trial Version! - 20 operations
Registered Version

All web materials-text, images, graphics, music, and sound are protected by copyright laws.
Assembly Line Tool
F1
Home | Analysis Software | Industrial Engineering | Operations Research
Engineering Economics | Industrial Law | Industry Careers | Ask The Analyst