Week 3: Balancing, Partial Automation,

The Line Balancing Problem
*The line balancing problem is to arrange the individual processing and assembly tasks at the workstations so
that the total time required at each workstation is approximately the same.
*If the work elements can be grouped so that all the station times are exactly equal, we have perfect balance
on the line and we can expect the production to flow smoothly.
*In most practical situations it is very difficult to achieve perfect balance. When workstation times are
unequal, the slowest station determines the overall production rate of the line.

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