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After a new product is invented, how to mass produce the product is an important issue for the R&D department and the shop floor. During the pilot production of the product, it is necessary to observe the various processes in the production line and collect related data to ensure that all the problems are solved in this stage. A reasonable allocation of resources in the production line is critical to producing products that meet expectations. Through production line balancing and layout planning, this study attempted to realize the concept of lean production in a production line of the case product. Based on the time estimated at old workstations during pilot production, this study designed the position of each workstation in the new production line and planned a new layout of the new production line that satisfies the following goals: (1) using the data from the pilot production of a ski racks product(SK-17901) as the foundation to rearrange the positions of workstations; (2) integrating the preprocessing operations into the main production line; (3) designing the production line based on an assembly line with 13 persons; (4) shortening the material transit distance; (5) positioning large pipes and raw materials; and (6) proposing directions for improving the production line layout and processes. After this study’s improvement of the positions of the workstations and the production line layout, the combined manpower for the main line and the preprocessing line was reduced from 18 persons to 13 persons, meeting the deployment of manpower for the production line.The balancing rate of the assembly line was improved from 74% for the main line and 60.20% for the preprocessing line to 93.31%. The material transit distance was reduced by 25 meters.
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