PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 9 FACILITY LAYOUT
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9FACILITY LAYOUT
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
Chapter 9Facility Layout
Plant layout refers to the arrangement of machinery, equipment and other industrial facilities for achieving quickest and smooth production. Objectives of a Good Layout
– Improving productivity is the overall objective of good layout.
Plant Layout
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
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Factors Influencing facility Layout
• Materials• Product• Worker• Machinery• Types of Industry• Location• Managerial Policies
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
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Principles of Layout
• The Principle of Minimum Travel• Principle of Sequence• Principle of Usage• Principle of Compactness• Principle of Safety and Satisfaction • Principle of Flexibility• Principle of Minimum Investment
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Types of Layout
i. Process layout or functional layout or job shop layout;
ii. Product layout or line processing layout or flow-line layout;
iii. Fixed position layout or static layout;iv. Cellular manufacturing (CM) layout or Group
Technology layout;v. Combination layout or Hybrid layout.
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
Chapter 9Facility Layout
Process Layout or Functional Layout or Job Shop Layout
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Line Layout or Product Layout
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Fixed Position Layout or Static Layout
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
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Cellular Manufacturing Layout or Group Technology Layout
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Combined Layout or Hybrid Layout for Gear Manufacturing
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Service Facility Layout
Service facility layout should provide easy entrance to service facilities from free ways and busy thoroughfares.
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Steps in Layout Planning and Design
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Layout Tools and Techniques
Plant layout template is a scaled representation of a physical object in a layout.Templates
Operations Sequence AnalysisOperations sequence analysis helps arrange departments graphically analysing the layout problem.Line balancing is the study that nearly equally divides the work to be done among the workers and minimises the number of employees required to complete a project.
Himalaya Publishing HouseProduction and Operations ManagementBy K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
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Criteria for Selection and Design of Layouts
Material handling cost and worker effectiveness are the two criteria used for selecting layout design.
The various methods used for selecting the best layout among several alternatives layouts are
1. Travel Chart Method
2. Load-Distance Analysis Method
3. Systematic Layout Planning