Facility Layout

1. Facility Layout

2. Contents :
Facility Layout – Meaning , Objectives
Factors influencing Layout
Facility Layout – Principle and Imporatnce
Types of layout
Revision of Layout
Layout Planning
Case Study

3. Facility Layout :
Meaning :
Arrangement of –
Machinery
Equipment
Other industrial facilities
Achieveing Quick production at least cost.

4. Objectives of Good Layout
-Material handling costs.
-Movement of people and material
-Hazards to personnel
-Accidents
- Production capacity
- labour efficiency
- Employee morale
- Space utilization
- Ease of Supervision and Maintenance

6. Principles For Ideal Layout
Ideal
Layout

7. Importance

8. Continued…

9. Types of Layout

10. Product Layout
Straight Line or Layout for Serialised Manufacture.
Arrangement of machines in ONE LINE depending on
the sequence of operations.
Materials are fed in the first machine & finished
products comes out from the last machine.
Eg:Sugarcane mill and paper mill

11. Product layout

12. Fixed Position Layout
Movement of men and machines to the product.
Bulky product.
Eg: Aircraft assembling, ships etc.

13. Fixed position

14. Service facility layout
Service oriented industries like Banks, Hospitals etc

15. Process layout:
Functional layout /job lot manufacture or batch
production layout.
Involves grouping of like machines in one department.
General purpose machines.

16. Process layout:

17.  Cellular manufacturing:
Machines grouped into cells.
Each cell is formed to produce a few parts with
common charecters.

18. Cellular manufacturing:

19. Combined layout
Combination of different types of layout viz. product
layout and process layout.

20. Revision Of Layout
Revision of existing layout
Minor changes to complete dismantling of the
existing structure
To increse the opearting efficiency of the plant

21. Why revision??...

22. Layout planning

23. Retail Layout Patterns
Grid
Rectangular with parallel aisles
 Formal
Controls traffic flow
Uses selling space efficiently.
Cafetería

24. Free-Form
Free-flowing
Informal
Creates "friendly" environment
 Flexible
Cafetería

25. Boutique
Unique shopping environment.
Divides store into a series of individual shopping areas
 Each with its own theme;

26. Case study

27. MacDonald’s kitchen layout