1. Facility Layout
Configuration of departments, work centres and equipment, with particular emphasis on movement of work through the system
Why Important?
Require substantial investment of money & effort
Involve long term commitment
Have significant impact on the cost and efficiency of operations
Two basic types of layout:
Product
Process

2. Facility Layout Product Layout
Layout that uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high volume flow
The work is divided into a series of standardized tasks, permitting specialization of both labor and equipment

3. Facility Layout
Product Layout

4. Facility Layout Advantages High rates of output
Low unit cost due to high volume
Low material handling cost per unit
High utilization of labor & equipment
Limitations
Repetitive work – boring & fatigue
System is fairly inflexible
System is highly susceptible to breakdown

5. Facility Layout
U-shaped Layouts

6. Facility Layout U-shaped Layouts Compact Increased communication
Flexibility in work

7. Facility Layout Process Layout
Designed to process items or provide services that involve a variety of processing requirements
Layout features functional grouping where similar kinds of activities are performed
Items are frequently moved in batches to the departments in a sequence that varies from job to job

8. Facility Layout
Process Layout
X-ray
Ultrasound
ECG
Pathology

9. Facility Layout Advantages
Can handle a variety of processing requirements
Not particularly vulnerable to equipment failures
General-purpose equipment is easier to maintain
Limitations
High inventory costs for batch processing
Routing & scheduling pose continual challenges
Equipment utilization rates are low
Slow material handling –also inefficient

10. Facility Layout Group 1: X-ray, Ultrasound, ECG
Pathology
Group 3: Ultrasound, Pathology
Group 4: X-ray, ECG, Pathology
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

11. Facility Layout Cellular Layout Machines are grouped into cells
Groupings are determined by operations needed to perform work for a set of similar items
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Cells are miniature versions of Product/Process layout

12. Facility Layout Fixed Position Layout
Weight, size, bulk or some other factor makes it undesirable or extremely difficult to move the product
The items being worked on remains stationary, and workers, material and equipment are moved about