PhD Proposal : Dynamic Balancing under uncertainties for aircraft final Assembly lines

Global Information

This Ph

D will take place in the “Centre de génie industriel” at IMT Mines Albi (France)\n\n

Location: Albi, CGI https://cgi.imt-mines-albi.fr/

Expected start date: September or October 2026 depending on student availability

Keywords: dynamic line balancing, operations research, robust optimization, workforce planning\n\n

Context

The design of assembly lines is a critical issue in industrial processes, with challenges at multiple levels (see references below): the integration of new technologies—from robotics to AI—to reduce and control operation times and improve the ergonomics of user interfaces; balancing the various workstations on the line and sizing technical requirements and human skills; information systems to ensure traceability and monitoring of flows; organizing and managing logistics to supply assembly stations; layout of the line in existing or new facilities; addressing flexibility needs (product mix, reconfigurability, schedules) and variabilities (in time, quality, or availability of assembly and logistics resources).

The project that funds this research project is led by an aeronautical manufacturer. It aims to design a final assembly line of aircrafts, considering the specificities of the aeronautics sector: large takt time, variability in the product mix, the size of the aircraft, which allows for multiple parallel work zones, dimensional diversity and the large number of components to manage,and the need for traceability of flows throughout the logistics chain, among others. Several Ph

D theses are being conducted in parallel, with the following topics, and will need to work synergistically:\n\n

Dynamic Balancing under uncertainties for aircraft final Assembly lines;

An immersive multi-user environment to assist in the layout of an assembly line with