This document discusses plant layout and its objectives, principles, and classifications. It defines plant layout as a plan for the efficient arrangement of machines, materials, personnel, storage, and support services within a facility. The objectives of plant layout are to streamline material flow, facilitate manufacturing, minimize costs and space usage, and provide employee safety. Layouts are classified by production method and can be fixed, process-based, product-based, or a combination. The document outlines the design process for different layout types and emphasizes organizing physical facilities to support product quality and profitability.

1. PLANT LAYOUT
CHAPTER-3
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
ID- 111-56-03

2. Contents
Plant Layout
Objective of plant location
Principales of plant layout
Classification of layout
Design of product layout
Design of process layout
Design of service layout
Organization of physical facilities

3. Plant layout
Plant layout is a plan for effective
utilisation of facilities for the
manufacture of products; involving a
most efficient and economical
arrangement of machines, materials,
personnel, storage space and all
supporting services, with in available
floor space.

4. Objectives of Plant Layout
1. Streamline the flow of materials through the plant.
2. Facilitate the manufacturing process.
3. Maintain high turnover of in-process inventory.
4. Minimize materials handling and cost.
5. Effective utilization of men, equipment and space.
6. Make effective utilization of cubic space.
7. Flexibility of manufacturing operations and arrangements.
8. Provide for employee convenience, safety and comfort.
9. Minimize investment in equipment.
10. Minimize overall production time.
11. Maintain flexibility of arrangement and operation.
12. Facilitate the organizational structure.

5. Principles of plant layout
•Principle of Overall Integration
•Principle of Minimum Distance
•Principle of Flow
•Principle of Cubic Space Utilization
•Principle of Satisfaction and Safety
•Principle of Flexibility

6. Classification of plant layout
Fixed Position Layout
Process Layout Product Layout Combination Layout Group Layout

7. Design of Product Layout
The steps for designing an product layout are
(1) identify tasks that need to be performed
and their immediate predecessors; (2)
determine output rate; (3) determine cycle time;
(4) computing the theoretical minimum number of
work stations, (5) assigning tasks to workstations;
and (6) computing efficiency and balance

8. Process layout

9. Design of Service Layout
needed by a customer.
These service layouts follow
conventional layouts as
required. For example, for
car service station, product
layout is adopted, where the
activities for servicing a car
follows a sequence of
operation irrespective of the
type of car

10. Organization of Physical Facilities
•The physical facilities consist of all
the buildings, grounds, equipment, and
infrastructure required to create the
product. Product quality and
profitability are directly affected by the
condition of the physical surroundings,
equipment, and work areas regardless
of the size or scale of manufacturing
operation.

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