Facility Layout Flashcards
as a place where the facility will
be set up for producing goods or services.
Facility location
This technique emphasizes on transportation cost in the determination of facility
location. Transportation cost mainly depends on distance, weight of merchandise and
the time required for transportation.
Centre-of-gravity technique
is often used in determining facility locations for evaluating transportation costs of routes by selecting different facility locations.
Transportation technique
evaluates multiple transportation routes
of shipping goods from multiple origins to multiple destinations and finds or develops
the least cost route
Transportation technique
is the plan of or the act of planning an optimum arrangement of facilities, including personnel, operating equipment, storage space, material handling equipment, and all other supporting services along with the design of the best structure to contain these facilities
facility layout
multiple facility locations fits are identified and their relative
transportation costs are calculated
Transportation technique
also called functional layout or batch production layout, is characterized by the grouping together of similar machines, based upon their operational characteristics.
Process layout
also called straight line layout, machinery is arranged in one line as per the sequence of production operations. Materials are fed into the first machine and finished products come out of the last machine.
Product layout
machines are grouped into
cells, which function somewhat like a product layout in a larger shop or a process layout. Each cell is formed to produce a single part family, that is, a few parts with common characteristics.
Cellular manufacturing layout
is used to assemble products that are too large, heavy or
fragile to move to a location for completion. machinery, men, as well as other pieces of material, are brought to the location where the product is to be assembled
Fixed position layout
It is difficult to use the principles of product layout, process layout, or fixed location layout in facilities that involve fabrication of parts and assembly. Fabrication tends to employ the process layout, while assembly areas often employ the product layout.
Combination or hybrid layout
Factors Affecting a
Facility Layout
- Materials
- Product
- Machinery
- Type of Industry
- Management Policies
is the graphical representation of production activities performed by an organisation. facilitate a
systematic analysis and demonstration of the entire production process. These charts are further classified into two categories, namely operation process chart and flow process chart.
Developing process charts
helps in developing equipment
layout by providing information related to power and materials handling requirements and capacity and dimensions of different machines.
Developing machine data cards
represents the movement of
materials on a floor layout. These help an organisation in avoiding needless material movement and rearranging facility operations.
Making process flow diagrams -
