Özcan U.Peker A.2020-03-262020-03-2620071300-1884https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/21743Production of similar products or different models of same product on the same assembly line is called mixed model production. Mixed model production is performed on U shaped assembly lines that utilized in Just in Time production system to meet the customer requirements. Effectiveness of mixed model U shaped assembly lines (MMUL) depends on the solutions to line balancing of mixed model U shaped assembly lines (MMUL-B) problem and model sequencing of mixed model U shaped assembly lines (MMUL-S) problem. In this paper, a new heuristic approach based on tabu search algorithm is proposed for simultaneously solving line balancing and model sequencing of mixed model U shaped assembly lines (MMUL-B/S). The objective of the heuristic approach is to minimize the number of workstations utilized in a mixed model U shaped assembly line. The proposed heuristic approach is compared to mixed integer programming model (MIPM) in the literature. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed heuristic approach obtains courageous results.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessLine balancingMixed model productionModel sequencingTabu search algorithmU shaped assembly linesArticle222277286Q2