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Layout Strategy
Introduction
What – Layout Decisions
Where – For efficiency or customer
appeal
Why – Improve Profitability
What is Layout?
Placement of machines
Offices
Service centers
Efficient flow of materials, people,
information
Layout Achieves
Higher utilization of space, equipment,
people
Improved flow of information,
materials, people
Improved morale and safe working
conditions
Improved customer / client interaction
Flexibility
Good Layout Requires
Material handling equipment
Capacity and space requirements
Environment and aesthetics
Flows of Information
Cost of moving between work areas
Fixed Position Layout
Project remains in one place
Workers and equipment come to the
work area
Limited space
At different stages, different materials
needed
Volume of materials needed is dynamic
New Innovations
Move some construction off-site
Modular construction – ie shipbuilding
Group technology – group components
Process-Oriented Layout
Low volume
High variety
Similar machines grouped together
Product moves from one department to
another
Advantage: flexibility
Disadvantage: set-up and movement
Material Handling Costs
Arrange departments to minimize
material handling
Work cells
Temporary
Product-oriented arrangement
Reduced work-in-process inventory
Less floor space
Reduced raw material and finished goods
inventory
Reduced labour
More employee participation
Increased use of equipment
Reduced investment in machinery
Work cells require
Identified families of products
Highly trained and flexible employees
Support to get up and running
Focused Work Centre
Product oriented arrangement
Office Layout
Moving information instead of materials
Work cell concept still valid
Technology allows increasing layout
flexibility
Virtual companies – hoteling
Retail Layout
Profitability related to customer exposure to
products
High-draw items around periphery
Prominent locations for high-impulse and
high-margin
Disperse “power items” around store
End-aisle locations have high exposure
Convey mission by position lead-off
department
Warehouse and Storage
Layout
Find optimum cost between material
handling and storage space
Variety of items stored and number of
items picked per order
Shipping and receiving areas
Cross-Docking
Avoid placing in storage
Ship what is received
Reduce distribution costs
Speed restocking
Requires tight scheduling
Requires accurate product information
Random Stocking
Locate stock wherever there is space
Customizing
Warehouse adds value to product by
customizing it for customer
Modification
Repair
Labeling
Packaging
Repetitive Product-Oriented
Layout
High volume
Low variety
Expensive!
Volume adequate for high equipment
utilization
Product demand stable
Product standardized
Adequate supplies of raw materials
Product Layouts
Fabrication line
Assembly line
Time spent at each stage in the line
must be balanced
Advantages
Low variable cost per unit
Low material handling cost
Reduced work-in-process inventory
Easier training and supervision
Rapid throughput
Disadvantages
High investment – requires high volume
Work stoppage stops entire operation
Low flexibility
Assembly-Line Balancing
Cycle time = Production time available
per day / units per day
Minimum Workstations = Sum of task
times / Cycle time
Efficiency = Sum of task times / (actual
workstations x assigned cycle time)