Facility layout refers to the specific arrangement of physical facilities.

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Layout planning is planning that involves

decisions about the physical

arrangement of a facility’s various

processes.

Anything that consumes space - a person or a group

of people, a customer reception area, a teller window, a machine or

workstation, a department, an aisle, etc.

1. What processes should the layout consider?2. How much space and capacity does each process need?3. How should the space for each process be configured?4. Where should each process be located?

Types of Facility Layouts

1. Office layout

2. Retail layout

3. Fixed-position layout

4. Product-oriented layout

5. Work-cell layout

6. Process-oriented layout

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Type of environment

Type of processes

(1) (2) (3) (4)Low-volume Multiple products with low Few major High volume, highproducts, made to moderate volume products, standardization,to customer higher commodity order volume products

ProcessCharacteristics

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Customized process, with flexible and unique sequence of tasks

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Disconnected line flows, moderately complex work

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Connected line, highly repetitive work

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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

Product-Oriented layout

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

Process-Oriented layout

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

Work Cell layout

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES