4.1. Combination of ILP and Pack out workstations
The ILP operator was considered to assign more
workload for the Pack out one because the total processing
time is still less than the Takt time. Operator processes
include locating the motherboard in the fixture machine at
the ILP, transporting to the Pack out, packaging 4 good
motherboards, and then transporting to the ILP to remove
the motherboard out of the machine. The summary of cycle
time at each workstation is shown in Table 10, in which all
of them are less than required Takt time. The number of
workstations is reduced from 4 to 3, and 3 operators could
complete all jobs of the line.