Modeling and solving assembly line design problems by considering human factors with an application

Automobile cable network(harness) production area is divided into two groups as sub assembly and assembly line. Balancingprocess is generally consisted of sub assembly, assembly line, enrichment assembly andelectrical test.In this thesis, harness assebly line balancing problem is studied. While assembly line balancing is done at the same time pay attention that the assebly stations are ergonomically designed and the similiar tasks are grouped together. The goal is detected the acceptable ergonomic risk levels and made the balancing by considering ergonomic constraints. This study is a part of a San-Tez project that has a 1512.STZ.2012-2 project number which is supported by Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey.