Objectives of Facility Layout


•

 Facilitate
• organization structure
– communication and interaction between workers
– manufacturing process
– visual control
•Minimize
– manufacturing cycle time or customer flow time
– investment
•Provide
– convenience, safety and comfort of the employees
– flexibility to adapt to changing conditions

•A facility layout problem may have many objectives. 
In the context of manufacturing plants, minimizing material handling costs is the most common one.
•Other objectives include efficient utilization of
– space
– labor
•Eliminate
– bottlenecks
– waste or redundant movement

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