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2 Facility Layout
2 Facility Layout
Eg : Bauxite Al ,
Sugarcane juice Jaggery, sugar
Types of production system
Continuous production
Std., high volume, capital intensive Pdts.
Pdts made to store in inventory
Continuous product flow
Leaf springs
Type of pdt.
Product Layout
Flow of material unidirectionally
Backtracking avoided
Automobiles, refrigerators, sugar , steel, cement
etc.
Types of Layout
Retail Layout
Many products are exposed to customer
Dairy pdts on oneside of supermkt &backery pdts on another.
Objective profitability maximization
Slotting manufactures have to pay fees for positioning
Services -> Ambient conditions like lightning, sound, smell,
temperature.
Spatial layout & functionality
.
Combination Layout
Process + Product Layout
Office Layout
Information more important
Technology – cellular phones, space utilisation,
Internet, laptop computers
Virtual companies require few employee
Cross docking
Avoid placing of materials, supplies in storage by
processing them as received
SLP
Collect Data abt Current & forecasted prodn units
PQRST
Product, Supporting activities, Route,
Supporting activites, Timing
A Travel Chart is a simple table that is useful where
there are multiple (and possibly irregular) movement
between places. It is a variation on the Check Sheet,
indicating movements from and to any combination of a
given set of locations.
Gant Charts (Sequencing
Technique)
Baby Blue 1 3
Virgin White 4 2
Shy Pink 5 4
Daring Purple 2 5
Use of computers for Scheduling
Computers /software are required
for Production Analysis
PPC software, SAP/ERP