PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN LIGHT & MEDIUM DUTY CHASSIS ASSEMBLY LINE AT VE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE

The research was done in sub - assembly area and the main assembly line in Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicle plant, plant deals with continuous production & supply of Low, Medium & Heavy commercial vehicles to its customers. Research given the work content & variability reduction of MCV model (11.10 E - WB) in Main assembly line. Present line has very less automation & most of the operations are done manually. That causes the work content & variability are more in each station of Main assembly line. Present line has a problem of line balancing and also the problem of tools & fixtur es at various stations. The requirement of the vehicles depends on the demand of the customers. Usually, the marketing peoples convey the requirement of the vehicles to the production planning and control department