agricultural implements in the central India. The manufacturing operation consists of cutting and joining various
steel sections by welding process at different workstations. The existing plant layout is the combination of
various process, product and fixed layout governed for different phases of manufacturing of tractor trailer.
Welding is the main process which contributes a major part of total manufacturing of the product. Welding
workstation at fixed layout are observed and noted and found that there is scope of improvement as regard the
ergonomics and industrial engineering aspects are concerned for welding.