Production line balancing is the premise of enterprise realizing “One Piece Flow”. Production line balancing not only can reduce the number of “work in process”, reduce the private costs , also can enhance the enterprise operation personnel and equipment, the work efficiency greatly promotes the enterprise the production efficiency, but also can enhance the enterprise's production capability, corresponding to the changing society now market demand , be helpful for the enterprise's sustainable development.
Firstly, summarize and classify the research and solution on production line balance questions. Secondly, after understanding the diffcult position which x shoe industry factory faces, choice two production line(one is needle line,the other is moulding line) to research the balance. With the help of heuristec method, the process analysis and the work study are used to determine the balance situation of production line and the bottleneck location. Analysing the bottleneck location with the “ECRS” theory, analyzing and combining it in order to reduce the production cycle time and raise the production balance ratios.
Finally, to assure the improvement effect, and unfold going on improvement activities, arranged the production workshop with the help of “6S” management, principal of similitude, lean production and so on at the angle of production quality, material transporting, cadre responsibility.
Keywords: Production Line Balancing； Shoe Industry；Production Line Industrial Engineering ；“ECRS”
