QUANTITATIVE MODELS OF

PLANNING PLANTS
Angie Diaz Gonzalez
Katherine Muñoz Galindo
David Cruz
Luis Mayorga
Luz Karime Toro Ocampo
INTRODUCTION

Part 4 presents several quantitative models that serve to facilitate the

development of alternative plant plans. In this chapter, several prescriptive
models are presented to solve relatively simple problems of location and plant
layout, assigning various descriptive and prescriptive models that are used to
design a warehouse or a storage system. We begin the presentation of warehouse
design models when considering the classic storage method of block stacking;
Specifically, prescriptive models are explained to minimize the average amount
of floor space needed to store a product. Based on the results obtained for
stacking in blocks, similar models are presented for different storage varieties in
racks.
Rectilinear distribution model

Straight-line measurements are

measured along orthogonal or
perpendicular paths with each
other. This measurement is also
known as Manhattan distance
because many streets of a city
are perpendicular or parallel to
each other.
That is, the distance between
two points is not the line that
joins them, but the minimum
number of streets that must be
run.