plant layout

Plant Layout Design

What is Plant Layout?
The organization of a company’s physical facilities to promote the efficient use of equipment, material, people and energy.
What are the Goals of Plant Layout Design?
Minimize unit costs
Optimize quality
Promote effective use of people, equipment, space and energy
Provide for employee convenience, safety and comfort
Control project costs
Achieve production deadlines
What Procedure is Followed in Plant Layout Design?
Plant Layout Procedure - Phase 1 Information Gathering
Determine what will be produced
Determine how many will be produced
Determine what components will be made or purchased
Determine required operations
Determine sequence of operations
Set time standards for each operation
Plant Layout Procedure - Phase 2 Production and Flow Analysis
Determine the plant rate, R
Determine the number of machines
Balance production lines
Study the flow requirement
Determine activity relationships
Layout each workstation
Plant Layout Procedure - Phase 3 Support Services
Identify needs for personal and plant services
Identify office needs
Develop total space requirements
Select material handling equipment
Allocated area
Develop plot plan and building shape
Plant Layout Procedure - Phase 4 Implementation and Evaluation
Construct master plan
Seek input and adjust
Seek approvals
Install
Start up
Follow up
What is Flow Analysis?
Considers the operations, transportations, inspections, delays, and storages required as a part moves from receiving to shipping in a plant.
What are the goals of Flow Analysis? to minimize distance traveled to minimize backtracking to minimize cross-traffic to eliminate unnecessary steps in the process to combine steps in the process to minimize production costs
What plant flow analysis techniques are used?
Process charts
Flow diagrams
Operations charts
Process Charts operations transportations
storages