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•Process Layout Examples
•Libraries place reference materials, serials, and microfilms
into separate areas; hospitals group services by function
also, such as maternity, oncology, surgery, and X-ray; and
insurance companies have office layouts in which claims,
underwriting, and filing are individual departments.
Process Layout for a Machine Shop
Process Layout
• Advantages of process layouts include a lower investment in
equipment, and the diversity of jobs inherent in a process layout
can lead to increased worker satisfaction.
• Disadvantages include high movement and transportation
costs, more complicated planning and control systems, longer
total processing time, higher in-process inventory or waiting
time, and higher worker-skill requirements.
product layout
• A product layout is an arrangement based
on the sequence of operations that are
performed during the manufacturing of a
goods or delivery of a service.
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