Application of mass customization oriented MTM in assembly line
                                                            GUO Chen, LU Yu jun, JIA Jiang ming
                      (College of Mechanics and Automation, Zhejiang Sci tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China)

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that assembly line production efficiency is low, the mode of production, operation of operators, method of analyzing man hours and so on were studied, the MTM method was applied to establish the standard labor time and improve production efficiency when the standardization work was made. A method of MTM application based on mass customization was proposed in assembly line, the method of using “method time measuring general system” (MTM UAS) was carried out on the movement analysis of assembly line.According to the needs of a customer s order,general parts were chose and assembling operation of universal parts was analyzed with the MTM UAS method, analysis of time combination as a module was stored in the module library, reusable module was used to calculate the standard working hours, make the work instructions. The results indicate that the method saves industrial engineers  timeanalysis, improve the efficiency of the movement time analysis and product production efficiency, not only satisfy the personalized needs of customers for products, but also improve the response speed of the products.

Key words: standard working time; MTM UAS; assembly line; action time analysis; production efficiency