Production and

Operations
Management
By
P.Kusuma
16A81E0039
OBJECTIVES &
TYPES OF
PLANT LAYOUT
Objectives of a good plant layout
are
1. Providing comfort to the workers
and catering to workers taste and
liking.
2. Giving good and improved working
conditions.
3. Minimizing delays in production and
making efficient use of the space that
is available.
4. Having better control over the
production cycle by having greater
flexibility for changes in the design of
Types of layouts
1. Process layout These layouts are also
called the functional layouts and are very
suitable in the conditions, when the products
being prepared are non standard or involve
wide variations in times of processing of the
individual operations.

Such layouts are able to make better

utilization of the equipment that is available,
with greater flexibility in allocation of work to
the equipment and also to the workers.
Imbalance caused in one section is not
allowed to affect the working of the other
sections.
2. Product layout These layouts are also
known as the line layouts or the layout by
sequence. In such layouts, the
manufacturing cycle is small with
minimum material handling. The space
required is small and quality control is
easy to exercise.

3. Project layout Such layouts are also

referred to as the fixed position layouts.
In these layouts, the components, heavy
materials, sub assemblies all remain
fixed at one place and the job is
completed by movement of machines,
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