From MachsizerDefine the product
Describe the product and its work steps. Set the output you need.
INPUT / PRODUCT + TARGETPRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGN
Line balancing, layout and simulation in one step.
Set a takt time or production target. Machsizer balances the work, lays out the floor and simulates the result, so you can compare the stations, space and staffing each target needs.
14-day trial · Every request is reviewed by a person
Same product. Different production targets.Choose a target ↓
- 6 per hour31 stations
- 20 per hour45 stations
- 30 per hour50 stations
- 40 per hour81 stations · 2 lines
- 60 per hour98 stations · 2 lines
THE PROCESS
From the product
to the factory floor.
Describe what you make and how much you need. Machsizer turns that into a line you can inspect, change and run.
From Machsizer
From MachsizerSize the stations
Balance the work across stations to meet the production target.
OUTPUT / STATION CAPACITY
From MachsizerLay out the floor
Place stations, buffers and routes. See how much space the line takes.
OUTPUT / FLOOR PLAN
From MachsizerRun the simulation
Follow the flow. Find what limits output, then change the design and run it again.
OUTPUT / SIMULATED FLOWTRADE-OFFS
Capacity, floor space and cost
for each option.
Change the target. Rebuild the line.
Change the target, the product mix or a machine. Machsizer rebuilds the balance, layout and simulation for that change.
Simulation that knows the floor
Buffers placed and sized for you, transport times from the real layout, and the floor area each option takes. Drag a station and the routes and times follow.
See what the extra output costs
Improve finds the designs nothing beats on output, cost, floor area and staffing, and recommends one. You see what each choice gives up.
IN THE APP / E-BIKE FRAME LINE
Four ways to make 60 an hour.
24 designs simulated.
11 on the frontier.
From that runSimulated, 1 h runs
| Design | Output | Area | Capex | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current: three manual benches | 62.5 / h | 40 m² | 10 | 4.7 |
| Recommended: compact cell for frame prepRecommended | 64.1 / h | 32 m² | 15 | 4.2 |
| Two lines | 122.7 / h | 80 m² | 20 | 9.4 |
| Smallest area, extra frame capacity | 68.7 / h | 16 m² | 34 | 3.8 |
Target 60 / h. Capex is the machines' purchase cost in the project's own units; the current design is 10. Every run also names the stage that limits the line and why: a machine short on capacity, or stations waiting on each other.
TWO WAYS TO START
Start from the product, or from the flow
Machine suppliers
Turn a customer's product mix into a proposal
Your equipment in a library once. In the meeting: their options, their mix, their target, and a sized, simulated line in seconds.
See the cabinet example → Flow and simulation engineersSimulation that knows the layout
Steps and times are enough to start. Add buffers, transport, operators and breakdowns when you need them, and see what floor space buys.
See what it models →VALIDATION
Tested against
published results.
Checked against the textbooks. Queueing theory, Factory Physics, all 13 published line-balancing optima, Intel Mini-Fab and the SMT2020 fab, each with its answer computed independently.
See validation