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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>American Journal of Mechanical Engineering</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2328-4110</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2023-11-03</publicationDate>
    <volume>11</volume>
    <issue>4</issue>
    <startPage>124</startPage>
    <endPage>129</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/ajme-11-4-1</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>AJME20231141</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Process Improvements in Automotive Industry</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Dhanvin Utkarsh Yajnik</name>
        <email>dhanvin.yajnik@iacgroup.com</email>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Jorge Montes de Oca</name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Mike Melendez</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Cole Maas</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Samir Burniku</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Aldry RodriguezGarcia</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Jose Canales</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Ernest Zapata</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Taylor Hawkins</name>
        <affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Jesus Salazar</name>
        <affiliationId>5</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Continuous Improvement, IAC, Southfield, United States</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="2">Engineeering, IAC, Southfield, United States</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="3">Doorline Production, IAC, Southfield, United States</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="4">Quality, IAC, Southfield, United States</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="5">Engineering, IAC, Santa Catarina, Mexico</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">Production processes were optimized to improve quality of production, reduce labor costs, and shorten the lead time of the parts produced. Production line balancing is necessary for manufacturing resource planning, and it is important to optimize the production lines as much as possible to reduce costs and improve productivity</abstract>
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    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>Continuous Improvement</keyword>
      <keyword>time studies</keyword>
      <keyword>lean manufacturing</keyword>
      <keyword>cost</keyword>
      <keyword>quality</keyword>
    </keywords>
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