Facility Layout Design using Block Diagramming 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
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will be less each time the task is undertaken. 2. The unit time will decrease at a decreasing rate. 3. The reduction in time will follow a predictable pattern” (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006). The process performance data defined in the Pizza Store Layout Simulation is as follows: Weeks No of Customers for Group of 2 No of Customers for Group of 4 Avg. Wait Time(Min) Avg. Queue Length Profit ($) 3-4 71 105 4.96 2.50 1‚477 5-6 67 109 4.32 2.26 1‚695 7-8 96 143 3.32 2.72 2‚040 There is definite
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Single Line Diagram of Substations Substations Electric power is produced at the power generating stations‚ which are generally located far away from the load centers. High voltage transmission lines are used to transmit the electric power from the generating stations to the load centers. Between the power generating station and consumers a number of transformations and switching stations are required. These are generally known as substations. Substations are important part of power system
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ENTRY BARRIERS IN LIQUOR INDUSTRY When a new firm enters into an industry it can affect all of the firms that are currently in that industry. “new entrants to an industry bring new capacity‚ the desire to gain market share‚ and often substantial resources. Prices can be bid down or incumbents cost inflated as a result‚ reducing profitability.”24Therefore as new firms enter into an industry the entire industry’s potential for sustained profits is reduced due to the increased amount of competition
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long had anachronistic liquor laws. These laws have been especially striking to this writer having been a lifelong Ohio resident. I moved to Pennsylvania in the summer of 2009. It took some getting used to but finally I got the hang of where and how to buy booze in Pennsylvania. In Ohio‚ residents are able to buy beer and wine at grocery stores‚ convenience stores and of course state liquor stores. In fact‚ many of the state liquor stores are located inside of grocery stores. I remember getting
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OFFICE LAYOUTS OPEN PLAN OFFICE • The open plan office is a large open room which is no dividing or partitions. • Road Transport Department also found an open work area. • Employees gathered in a large area to facilitate the monitoring carried out. • This section will accommodate Executive Officer‚ Chief Clerk‚ Clerk and Office Assistant. Staff will be monitored by the Executive Officer and Chief Clerk. ADVANTAGE OF OPEN-PLAN OFFICE • Most appreciate the sense of community that
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mythical people. They had magical liquor. The characters also had a huge impact on the story. The story of “Rip Van Winkle” definitely featured magical and mysterious events. The main event has to do with Rip Van Winkle. It started with him being fed up with his wife’s nagging. Rip got so tired of it‚ he went for a long walk into the mountains. While he was in the mountains‚ he met the mysterious men and drank some of their magical liquor. That magical liquor put him to sleep for twenty years.
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A learning curve‚ in common terms‚ “is used to describe the effort required to acquire a new skill (e.g.‚ expertise with a new tool) over a specific period of time” Wikipedia.org. In scholarly terms‚ “Learning curves are also an integral part in planning corporate strategy‚ such as decisions concerning pricing‚ capital investment‚ and operating costs based on experience curves” Chase-Jacobs-Aquilano. In the pizzeria scenario presented requires a full understanding of the cause and effect of decisions
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In a cellular layout‚ a company such as Cutco will group dissimilar machines into work centers called cells that process families of parts with similar shapes or processing requirements. Each cell at Cutco has its own job to do for the team before it can reach the next
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Marketing Malt Liquor · January 1991 the company filed for protection in the NY bankruptcy court‚ claiming a large debt. · G. Heileman introduced PowerMaster a Malt Liquor with 5.9 percent alcohol content o Law states beer over 4% alcohol content to be labeled as a malt o Typical Malt beer is 5.5% o Typical Average beer is 3.5% · Summer 1991‚ the Surgeon General and advocacy group led by the Center for Science in the Public Interest launched a campaign to remove PowerMaster from Store Shelves
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