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Disassembly line design with multi-manned workstations: a novel heuristic optimisation approach

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  • Emre Cevikcan
  • Dicle Aslan
  • Fatma Betul Yeni

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As the first and the most time consuming step of product recovery, disassembly is described as the systematic separation of constituent parts from end-of-life products through a series of operations. In this context, designing and balancing disassembly lines are critical in terms of the efficiency of product recovery. Recent research on disassembly line balancing (DLB) has focused on classical stations where only one worker is allocated. However, such a line results in larger space requirement and longer disassembly lead time. In this paper, disassembly line balancing problem (DLBP) with multi-manned stations is introduced to the relevant literature as a solution to overcome these disadvantages. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model and two novel framework heuristic algorithms are developed to minimise the number of workers and workstations. MILP model has been applied to a dishwasher disassembly system. The application results indicate the superiority of establishing multi-manned stations over classical disassembly system design with single-worker stations with shorter disassembly lead time (80.9%) and line length (60.2%). Moreover, the proposed heuristics have been compared on newly generated test problems (instances) for DLBP. The results validate that the heuristics provide acceptable solutions in a reasonable amount of time even for large-sized problems.

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  • Emre Cevikcan & Dicle Aslan & Fatma Betul Yeni, 2020. "Disassembly line design with multi-manned workstations: a novel heuristic optimisation approach," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(3), pages 649-670, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:58:y:2020:i:3:p:649-670
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2019.1587190
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    1. Ömer Faruk Yılmaz & Büşra Yazıcı, 2022. "Tactical level strategies for multi-objective disassembly line balancing problem with multi-manned stations: an optimization model and solution approaches," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 319(2), pages 1793-1843, December.
    2. Murat Şahin & Talip Kellegöz, 2023. "Benders’ decomposition based exact solution method for multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with walking workers," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 321(1), pages 507-540, February.
    3. Battaïa, Olga & Dolgui, Alexandre, 2022. "Hybridizations in line balancing problems: A comprehensive review on new trends and formulations," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 250(C).

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