Facilities Layout
Facility Layout Design using Block Diagramming
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Outline
• • • • • • • What is Facility Layout Design? What is Block Diagramming? Using Block Diagramming in your organization Explanation of Block Diagramming Practice Strengths / Weaknesses Summary
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What is Facility Layout Design?
• Facility layout means planning:
– for the location of all machines, utilities, employee workstations, customer service areas, material storage areas, aisles, restrooms, lunchrooms, internal walls, offices, and computer rooms – for the flow patterns of materials and people around, into, and within buildings.
(Houseman, Slide 2)
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Facility Layout Design – Process Layouts
• The purpose of facility layout design is to determine the most productive way to design the layout of a building. • Process Layout involves three basic steps, whether the design is for a new layout or for revising an existing one:
– (1) gather information – (2) develop a block plan – (3) design a detailed layout
(Krajewski, 455)
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What is Block Diagramming?
• Block diagramming is one way to visualize the amount of movement that occurs between departments.
– Each block represents one department of a facility. – Blocks can be moved around in order to minimize the distance traveled between them.
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Using Block Diagramming in your organization
• Block Diagramming (performed as part of a complete facility layout design) is performed infrequently.
– The resulting layouts are usually implemented for the long-term. – Proper designs can lead to increased efficiency within a company.
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Example of Block Diagramming
Step 1: Gather Information (Department Size)
Department
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
(Krajewski, 455)
Area Needed (ft2)
1000 950 750 1200 800 700 5400
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Example of Block Diagramming (cont.)
Step 1: Gather Information (Initial Layout)
2 4 3
60’
6
5
90’
1
(Krajewski, 456)
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Example of Block Diagramming (cont.)
Step 1: Gather Information (Trips between
1
Outline
• • • • • • • What is Facility Layout Design? What is Block Diagramming? Using Block Diagramming in your organization Explanation of Block Diagramming Practice Strengths / Weaknesses Summary
2
What is Facility Layout Design?
• Facility layout means planning:
– for the location of all machines, utilities, employee workstations, customer service areas, material storage areas, aisles, restrooms, lunchrooms, internal walls, offices, and computer rooms – for the flow patterns of materials and people around, into, and within buildings.
(Houseman, Slide 2)
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Facility Layout Design – Process Layouts
• The purpose of facility layout design is to determine the most productive way to design the layout of a building. • Process Layout involves three basic steps, whether the design is for a new layout or for revising an existing one:
– (1) gather information – (2) develop a block plan – (3) design a detailed layout
(Krajewski, 455)
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What is Block Diagramming?
• Block diagramming is one way to visualize the amount of movement that occurs between departments.
– Each block represents one department of a facility. – Blocks can be moved around in order to minimize the distance traveled between them.
5
Using Block Diagramming in your organization
• Block Diagramming (performed as part of a complete facility layout design) is performed infrequently.
– The resulting layouts are usually implemented for the long-term. – Proper designs can lead to increased efficiency within a company.
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Example of Block Diagramming
Step 1: Gather Information (Department Size)
Department
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
(Krajewski, 455)
Area Needed (ft2)
1000 950 750 1200 800 700 5400
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Example of Block Diagramming (cont.)
Step 1: Gather Information (Initial Layout)
2 4 3
60’
6
5
90’
1
(Krajewski, 456)
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Example of Block Diagramming (cont.)
Step 1: Gather Information (Trips between
References: Houseman, John. “Production Concepts - Facility Layout.” http://road.uww.edu/road/housemaj/Ch08FacilityLayout.ppt Suntivong, Chaiyot. “Operation Management.” http://www.ba.cmu.ac.th/~chaiyot/download_files/Yonok/Y onokMBAPOM7/Copy of POM1YN8.ppt Krajewski, Lee J. & Ritzman, Larry P. “Operations Management”. Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002 21