Table 11.

Results of studies for ALB using four Heuristic method.

Work-station	Assembly Line Balancing Methods
	Hoffman		Comsoal		RPW		M & Y
	Op.	Eff. (%)	Op.	Eff. (%)	Op.	Eff. (%)	Op.	Eff. (%)
1	1	93.481	1	93.481	1	93.407	18	93.481
	2		2		2		1
	7		7		7		2
	13		13		8		13
	18		18		9		7
	21		21		13		21
2	3	99.259	3	99.259	3	92.740	14	94.962
	8		8		5		19
	14		14		6		3
	16		16		16		22
3	4	99.333	4	99.333	4	91.333	15	98.296
	9		9		14		20
	15		15		15		8
	22		22				11
4	5	93.037	5	93.037	18	91.629	9	89.481
	17		17		20		16
	19		19		21		17
	11		11		22		28
5	6	99.925	6	99.925	10	98.740	23	55.037
	20		20
	26		26
6	10	98.740	10	98.740	19	78.296	4	75.555
					17
					11		25
					28
7	12	98.814	12	98.814	12	88.814	5	99.185
	28		28		29		6
	29		29				24
8	23	55.037	23	55.037	23	55.037	10	98.740
9	24	96.296	24	96.296	24	96.296	12	88.814
	27		27		27		29
10	25	54.296	25	54.296	25	54.296	26	94.666
							27
11	–	–	–	–	26	50.222	–	–
Line Eff. (%)	93.955		93.955		84.414		93.955
Loss of Balance (%)	6.044		6.044		14.585		6.044