It is a presentation on facility layout which covers the definition of layout, objectives of good layout, factors affecting layout and types of layout.

1. FACILITY LAYOUT
DESIGN
BY
ANSHUL AGRAWAL
SIVA KUMAR
GOVINDA RAO

2. Facility Layout
Facility layout refers to the arrangement of physical
facilities such as
• machines,
• equipment,
• tools,
• furniture etc.
in such a manner so as to have quickest flow of material
at the lowest cost and with the least amount of handling
in processing the product from the receipt of raw
material to the delivery of the final product.

4. Objectives of Good Layout
-Material handling costs.
-Movement of people and material
-Hazards to personnel
-Accidents
- Production capacity
- labour efficiency
- Employee morale
- Space utilization
- Ease of Supervision and Maintenance

5. FACTORS
INFLUENCING
FACILITY LAYOUT

6. Manpower
Machinery
Material
Movement
Service
Building
Flexibility

7. 1. Man Factor:
The man is very flexible element who can be made suitable for all sort
of layouts.
• Safety and working conditions.
• Man power requirements-skill level of workers, their number
required and their training programme.
2. Material Factor:
It includes the various input materials like raw materials, semi-finished
parts and materials in process scrap, finished products, packing
materials, tools and other services.
• Design and specifications of the product to be manufactured.
• Quantity and variety of products and materials.
• Physical and chemical characteristics of various input materials.
• Component parts or material and their sequence of operations i.e.
how they go together to generate the final product.

8. 3. Machinery Factor:
The operating machinery is also one of the most important factor
• The processes and methods should be standardized first.
• Machinery and tools selections depend upon the type of process and
method, so proper machinery and other supporting, equipment should be
selected on the basis of volume of production.
• Maintenance of machines and replacement of parts is also important.
4. Movement Factor:
• It mainly deals with the movement of men and materials.
• A good layout should ensure short moves and should always tend towards
completion of product.
5. Service Factor:
• It includes the activities and facilities for personnel such as fire protection,
lighting, heating and ventilation etc.

9. 6. Building Factor:
• It includes outside and inside building features, shape of building, type of
building (single or multistore) etc.
7. Flexibility Factor:
• This includes consideration due to changes in material, machinery,
process, man, supporting activities and installation limitations etc.
• It means easy changing to new arrangements or it includes flexibility and
expendability of layouts.

10. Principles of Layout
Principle of minimum travel
Principle of sequences
Principle of usage
Principle of compactness
Principle of safety and satisfaction
Principle of flexibility
Principle of minimum investment

11. • It is concerned with the minimum travel (or movement) of
man and materials.
• The facilities should be arranged such that, the total
distance travelled by the men and materials should be
minimum and as far as possible straight line movement
should be preferred.
Principle of
minimum travel
• A good layout is one that makes the materials to move in
forward direction towards the completion stage, i.e., there
should not be any backtracking.
Principle of
sequence
• The good layout is one that utilise both horizontal and
vertical space.
• It is not only enough if only the floor space is utilised
optimally but the third dimension, i.e., the height is also to
be utilised effectively.
Principle of usage

12. • Harmonious fusion of all the relevant factors so
that final layout looks well integrated and
compact.
Principle of
compactness
• A good layout is one that gives due consideration
to workers safety and satisfaction and safeguards
the plant and machinery against fire, theft, etc
Principle of safety
and satisfaction
• The good layout is one that can be altered without
much cost and time, i.e., future requirements
should be taken into account while designing the
present layout.
Principle of flexibility
• A good layout is one that integrates men,
materials, machines and supporting services and
others in order to get the optimum utilisation of
resources and maximum effectiveness.
Principle of
minimum investment

13. Types of Layout
Product Layout
Process layout
Fixed position Layout
Service Facility Layout
Combined Layout

14. Product Layout
 Straight Line or Layout for Serialized Manufacture.
 Arrangement of machines in ONE LINE depending on the
sequence of operations.
 Materials are fed in the first machine & finished products
comes out from the last machine.
 Eg: Sugarcane mill and paper mill

16. Advantages
 Easy production
 Handling cost reduces
 Less in-process inventory
 Less supervision
 Efficient space utilization
 Higher productivity/Cycle time is short

17. Disadvantages
 Expensive
 Breakdown(stops entire process if breaks down)
 Lack of flexibility
 Output quantity fixed, no alterations possible
 Specialized superiors not present

18. Process layout
 Process layout is a design for the floor plan of a plant which
aims to improve efficiency by arranging equipment
according to its function.
 The production line should ideally be designed to eliminate
waste in material flows, inventory handling and
management.
 It is also known as functional layouts or job-shop layouts,
involve grouping of all the similar equipment or functions.

20. Advantages
 Capital investment lower
 Specialization
 Efficient utilization of production facility
 Effective supervision

21. Disadvantages
 Complexity
 Greater floor area
 Larger stock of raw materials
 Handling cost increases

25. Fixed Position Layout
 Movement of men and machines to the product.
 Bulky product.
 Eg: Aircraft assembling, ships etc.

27. Service facility layout
Service oriented industries like Banks, Hospitals etc

28. Combined layout
Combination of different types of layout viz. product layout and process
layout.