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    FACILITY LAYOUT

    Session 5

    Operations Management

    STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF
    LAYOUT
    Proper layout enables:
    Higher utilization of space ,equipment and
    people
    Improved flow of information, materials or people
    Improved employee morale and safe working
    conditions
    Improved customer /client interaction
    Flexibility

    TYPES OF LAYOUT
    Office layout
    Retail layout
    Warehouse layout
    Fixed-position layout
    Process-oriented layout
    Product-oriented layout
    Cellular layout

    OFFICE LAYOUT

    OFFICE LAYOUT

    Design positions people, equipment, & offices for


    maximum information flow
    Electronic and conventional communication
    patterns , separation needs, and other conditions
    affecting employee effectiveness.
    One key layout trade-off is between proximity
    and privacy

    Examples

    Insurance company
    Software company

    RETAIL LAYOUT

    RETAIL LAYOUT

    Design maximizes product exposure to


    customers
    The objective is to maximize the profitability per
    square foot of floor space
    Category management: Using computers to
    evaluate the profitability of various
    merchandizing plans for hundreds of categories
    Slotting : Manufacturer pay a fees to get their
    goods displayed on the shelf

    SERVICE SPACES
    Ambient conditions: which are background
    characteristics such as lighting,sound,smell and
    temperature .
    Spatial layout and functionality: which
    involve customer circulation path planning
    Signs ,symbols, and artifact:

    WAREHOUSE LAYOUT

    WARE HOUSE LAYOUT

    Design balances space (cube) utilization &


    handling cost
    Handling costs consists of incoming transport,
    storage and outgoing transport of materials to
    be warehoused
    Cross docking-Avoiding the placement of
    materials or supplies in storage by processing
    them as they are received for shipment.

    FIXED POSITION LAYOUT

    FIXED-POSITION LAYOUT

    Fixed-position layoutsare typical of projects


    in which the product produced is too fragile,
    bulky, or heavy to move.
    In this layout, the product remains stationary for
    the entire manufacturing cycle.
    Equipment, workers, materials, and other
    resources are brought to the production site.
    Ships, houses, and aircraft are examples.

    PROCESS ORIENTED LAYOUT

    PROCESS-ORIENTED LAYOUT

    Deals with low volume high variety production


    (also called job shop)
    A Product or small order is produced by moving
    it from one department to another in a sequence
    required for that product
    Advantage of this type of layout is that it brings
    greater flexibility
    Example: Hospital Layout

    PRODUCT ORIENTED LAYOUT

    PRODUCT-ORIENTED LAYOUT
    Better known asassembly lines,arrange
    activities in a line according to the sequence of
    operations that need to be performed
    Product layouts are suitable for mass production
    or repetitive operations in which one product is
    manufactured in large volume.
    The advantage of the product layout is its low
    variable cost and low throughput time.
    Assembly line balancing : Obtaining output at
    each workstation on a production line so delay is
    minimized

    PRODUCT VS. PROCESS LAYOUT


    Process

    Product

    Functional grouping of activities.

    Customized Goods

    Varied Path

    Fixed cost low, variable cost high

    Labor skills high

    Standardized goods

    Sequential arrangement of
    activities.

    Fixed path

    Fixed cost high, variable cost low

    Labor skills limited

    CELLULAR LAYOUT - WORK CELLS

    Combination of Product and process layout


    It combines the advantages of both layout
    systems
    Brings flexibility as well as reduces variable cost
    and throughput

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