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Competence-Based Performance Analysis of U-Shaped Assembly Lines

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Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance – ISPEM 2017 (ISPEM 2017)

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The paper presents a performance analysis of a u-shaped assembly line taking into account the competences of multi-skilled workers. This arrangement requires multi-skilled operators to serve on several different processes and machines. A multi-skilled worker can possess many skills at various levels. These competences translate into varying performances of individual operators and as a result on the performance of the whole line. In this paper we use a Hierarchical Competence Model to estimate the performance of a u-shaped assembly line knowing the required and possessed competences.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, ul. Zolnierska 49, 71-210, Szczecin, Poland

    Przemyslaw Korytkowski & Bartlomiej Malachowski

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Fraunhofer Project Center, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Anna Burduk

  2. Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland

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Korytkowski, P., Malachowski, B. (2018). Competence-Based Performance Analysis of U-Shaped Assembly Lines. In: Burduk, A., Mazurkiewicz, D. (eds) Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance – ISPEM 2017. ISPEM 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 637. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64465-3_21

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