Optimization of Assembly Process in the Production Line to Increase Productivity with the Line Balancing Method in the Indonesian Automotive sector

The development of the industry forces the performance of manufacturing companies to be managed according to high standards at all levels such as cost, quality, and speed.Strong performing companies will generate growth in various aspects of global competitiveness.which ultimately affects performance in development, investment, trust from shareholders, In Indonesia the manufacturing industry has a very important role in economic development and contributed to national income by 22% in 2016 (Bank Mandiri 2018) and is also the second-largest car manufacturing industry in Southeast Asia.The biggest challenge today is a company not only competing with competitors who are different but also with the same group in various countries and even making alliances to maintain competitiveness carried out by Hyundai -KIA, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, etc, To gain the trust of top management so that they are given new model or technology, on their production systems around the world including manufacturers in Indonesia, this is done so that companies are competitive, one of which is in terms of optimizing the number of workers.The purpose of this research is to improve performance in terms of the production line at the assembly line at an automotive factory in Indonesia by using several actual data collection methods Line Balancing using the Yamazumi chart and calculation by Moodie Young The results of this research contribute to the literature in the automotive sector.but in various other sectors.