Kitting and time efficiency in manual assembly
Kitting and time efficiency in manual assembly
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手动装配中的配套和时间效率
DOI：
10.1080/00207543.2011.555786
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
9.2
通讯作者：
L. Medbo
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文献类型：
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作者：
R. Hanson;L. Medbo
本文主要研究手工装配中的零件表示问题。其目的是确定配套如何影响装配工取零件所花费的时间，更具体地说，套件中包含的零件比例的影响是什么。本文以四个汽车装配的实例为基础，对装配式零件表示与零件架上零件表示进行了比较。在案例研究中，配套工具可以缩短零件表示和装配体对象之间的距离，从而可能减少获取零件所花费的时间。然而，当只有一部分零件装配时，尽管有这种潜力，但取零件所花的时间并不总是减少。本文发现，在决定哪些零件应配套时，应注意如何以及以何种顺序进行装配操作。
The present paper focuses on parts presentation in manual assembly. Its aim is to determine how kitting affects the time spent by the assembler fetching parts and, more specifically, what is the impact of the proportion of parts included in the kit. The present paper is based on four case studies of automobile assembly, in which parts presentation by kitting is compared with parts presentation in component racks. In the case studies, kitting enabled shorter distances between parts presentation and assembly object and thereby a potential reduction in the time spent fetching parts. However, when only a proportion of parts were kitted, the time spent fetching parts was not always reduced, in spite of this potential. The present paper finds that when deciding which parts should be kitted, attention should be paid to how and in what order assembly operations are performed.