ME 6304

Production Planning and Control

Eng. Ravindu Lokuliyana

L4: Plant Layout and Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, 1
Material Handling University of Ruhuna.
Plant Layout

• Plant Layout is a floor plan of the physical facilities which

are used in production.

Types of Layouts
– Process Plant Layout
– Product Plant Layout
– Group Layout
– Fixed Position Layout
Objectives of the Plant Layout

• Minimize the investment of equipment

• Minimize overall production time
• Utilize the existing space more effectively
• Provide employee convenience, safety and comfort
• Maintain flexibility of arrangement and operation
• Minimize material handling cost
• Facilitate the manufacturing process
• Facilitate the organizational structure
 01. Process Plant Layout

• Similar processes are L L M M

grouped together. L L M M
Material 1
• Common for a large
variety of products inMaterial 2
batch volumes. ASSEMBLY
D D
1
• Also used in departmentProduct 1 D D

stores, hospitals and

universities Product 2
G G
ASSEMBLY
2
G G
Advantages and Limitations??
 02.Product Plant Layout

• Used where the machinery

L M D G
and services are located
according to the processing
sequence of the product A
S
S
• Variety of mass production is E
L D1 D2 G
small and production M
B
volumes are very high. L
Y
• More efficient, but less
flexible than process plant
L M D G
layout.
Advantages and Limitations??
 03.Cellular/Group Plant Layout
• Combination of product
L M
layout and process layout ASSEMBLY

D G CELL 1
• Each cell manufactures
products belonging to a
single family.
M M ASSEMBLY
• Cells are autonomous CELL 2
D G
manufacturing units which
can produce finished
parts.
L L ASSEMBLY
• Commonly applied to L G CELL 3
machined parts.
Advantages and Limitations??
 04. Fixed Position Plant Layout

• Single large, high cost

components or products. COMPONENTS

MATERIAL LABOUR
• All resources are brought to
the product.
PRODUCT
• Ships and Aircraft industries.

LABOUR MATERIAL

COMPONENTS
 Layout Design Procedure

Layout Design Procedure

Conventional Method
Manual Method - Travel Chart
- Systematic Layout Planning

Constructive type algorithm

- ALDEP
- CORLAP
Computerized Methods
Improvement type algorithm
- CRAFT

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Computerized Relative Allocation of
Facilities Techniques (CRAFT)???

Content
1.Description
2.Requirements
3.Procedure
4.Examples

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