UNIT-1: PLANT LOCATION

1 What are the factors influencing the plant location? Dec

07,10,July
08,14,15
2 Explain the principles of plant layout Dec
07,10,July
08,11,15
3 With the block diagram, explain the product layout and process Dec 10
layout
4 List out any six objectives of a good plant layout and explain Dec 10,July
any two of them 14,08
5 Clearly explain process layout. What are its advantages and Dec 10
limitations?
6 Explain combination layout. Mention its advantages as July 11
compared to product and process layouts.
7 Explain in brief, the type of plant layouts required for cellular Dec 10
and group technology manufacturing processes/systems.

8 List and explain the theories of plant location Jan 14

9 With neat diagram, list and explain the merits and demerits of Jan 14
types of plant layout.

UNIT-2: MATERIAL HANDLING

10 What are the principles of material handling Jan 08,11,14

July 11,15,14
11 Explain the unit load concept, List the advantages and disadvantages of Jan
Unit load concept 08,11,July
11,15
12 Explain the relationship between plant layout and materials handling July 10
13 July 11
List and explain the factors to be considered in the selection of material
handling equipments
14 July 11
With sketches, explain the following :
i) Jib crane
ii) Tractors and trailers.
15 Jan 12
Explain in brief, with sketches, the classification of material handling
equipments
16 Jan 12
What is a unit load principle? With a sketch, explain the major types of unit
load formation
equipments
17 Jan 14
With neat sketches, explain types of conveyors, their merits and
 limitations
18 Explain the following material handling equipments July 15
i) Gravity roller conveyor.

ii) Fork Lift Truck

19 Write the classification of material handling equipment and sketch and July 14
label the parts of belt conveyor and fork lift truck

UNIT-3: PLANT DESIGN

20 Explain the Apple's and Muther's layout planning procedure. Jan 08,July
11,14
21 Explain the James, Apple and Reeds layout planning procedure Jan 11,14
22 Explain the Muther's systematic layout planning procedure, with block Jan 11,July
diagram 11
23 Write a note on Nadler's and Immer's approach to layout planning July11,Jan12
24 List the assumptions that are made during computerized design. July11

25 July 11,
Explain with diagrams the procedural steps of systematic layout planning
(SLP).
26 What is SLP technique? Explain with sketch, Jan 12
i) Activity relationship chart, ii) Activity relationship diagram
27 Explain the procedures needed to solve playout problem using SLP Jan 14
technique
28 July 15
Explain the following plat layout procedures
i) Nadler s plant Layout procedure.
ii) Apple James, Reeds approaches.
iii) Muther's systematic layout planning approach.

UNIT-4:COMPUTERIZED LAYOUT PLANNING

29 Jan 08,11
What are the procedural steps involved in the following computer aided
layout design procedure.
CRAFT
ALOEP
ALDEP

30 July 11,Jan
Explain the procedure, scope and limitations of the following 12,July 14
computerized layout
programs:
a. CRAFT
b. PLANET
 c. CORELAP
d. ALDEP.
31 Jan 14
Differentiate between PLANET and CRAFT
32 July 15
What are the procedural steps involved in the following computer
Aided layout design planning? Mention the Input requirements
clearly.
i) CRAFT
ii) CORE LAP

UNIT-5 SPACE DETERMINATION AND AREA ALLOCATION

33 Explain the production centre method of determining the space Jan 08
requirement in a layout.
34 Explain Plot plan and Block Plan Jan 08
35 A company is planning to build a plant in urban location. Using the Jan 08
following data determine the ideal arrangement of the departments
Part No. Volume per / Bulk factor Sequence
year pes/load
1 3000 30 A, B, C, D, E
2 6000 300 A, C, B, D, E
3 4000 40 A,B,E
4 2000 50 A, C, D, E
A' is the receiving and E is the packing section. By assuming each
department requires equal area and avoiding diagonal aisles, keeping in
view the measure of effectiveness should be the total distance traveled
36 What are the various factors to be considered for space planning? Jan 11,July
11
37 List the guide lines for work area planning Jan 11
38 July 11
List the factors to be considered during the design of space for receiving.
How do you calculate the total space for receiving department? How do
you plan for flexibility? Explain

39
Clearly explain any three methods of visualizing plant layout
40 Explain the following efficiency indicies:
i)Index of indirect material handling.
ii) Index of gravity utilization
41 With sketches explain briefly the different ways of expanding a plant. July 11
42 What is plot plan? List and explain objectives of the plot plan Jan 12
43 Explain the applications of below said techniques with respect to Jan 14
computerized layout planning:
i) Activity relationship chart.
ii) Travel chart.
44 With example explain how space determination is obtained for Jan 14
 "STORAGE".
45 List and explain the factors to be considered for area allocation Jan 14
46 Briefly explain Activity Relationship chart July 15
47 What are the various factors to be considered in space planning for July 15
Receiving and shipping
48 Explain the various activities in space determination for the storage July 14

UNIT-6 CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAYOUT

49 Explain the different layout construction methods. Jan 08
50 What are the methods to be followed in systematic evaluation of the Jan 08
layout
51 A bearing manufacturing company has 6 production centers. The Jan 08
sequence summary is
given below :
Part No. Sequence Pes / Plan Vol. Pes/ Year
1 A, C,F ,B r D,G 50 15000
2 C, F, B. G, D, F 200 12000
3 B, A, F, C, D, G 250 40000
The floor plan of the area assigned to the layout is given below
12 3 4 5 6

Determine the optimum allocation of the various production centers.

Assume each production Centre requires equal area and the movement is
straight line.
52 Explain the different phases of implementing the facilities plan. Jan 08
53 Consider the location of a new plant, which will supply raw materials to a Jan 08
set of existing plants in a group of companies. Suppose that there are
5 existing plants, which have a material movement relationship with
the new plant. Let the existing plants have locations of (600, 400),
(1000, 700), (1300, 1000), (400, 1100) and (1500, 500). Further more
suppose that the number of tons of materials transported per year from
the new plant to various existing plants are 450, 1250, 350, 900 and
1500 respectively. Then determine the optimum location for the new
plant such that the distance moved or cost is minimized.

54 Explain the method of total presentation of layout to management. Jan 11

55 Explain in brief, any two methods of layout evaluation July 11
56 Give the different efficiency indices used in quantitative evaluation of
facility layout
57 Explain location allocation model. July 11
58 List and explain the different efficiency indices used for quantitative July 11
evaluation of facility layout
59 Explain in brief how to make the total presentation of layout to July 11
management.
60 List and explain the different methods of representing layout plans Jan 12

61 List and explain any five efficiency indices used to evaluate plant layout Jan 12

62 List all efficiency indices used in layout constructions. Jan 14

63 Explain step by step procedure for layout presentation. Jan 14

64 What are the methods of constructing the layout? Explain any two of July 15
them briefly.
65 How do you make the total presentation and layout to the management? July 15

66 Explain the layout construction procedure. July 14

67 Explain the total presentation of layout to management July 14

UNIT-7 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO FACILITIES

PLANNING
68 What is location allocation problem? Explain Quadratic Assignment Jan 08
Problem
69 Jan 11
Consider a machine tool in a maintenance department. Suppose there are
five existing machines that have material handling relationship with the
new machine. The existing machines are located at the points Pi = (1, 1);
P2 = (2, 8); P3 = (2, 8); P4 = (4, 4); P5 = (8, 6). The cost per unit distance
traveled is same between the new machine and each existing machine.
The number of trips per day between the new machine and existing
machines are 5, 6, 2, 4, 8 respectively. Determine the optimum location
for the new machine such that the
distance moved or cost is minimized.
70 Explain warehouse layout model for dedicated storage. July 10
71 Explain design of block stalking storage system. July 10
72 Describe in detail the warehouse layout model July 11
73 Explain the location allocation model. Jan 12
74 Explain the procedural steps involved in warehouse layout model.
75 Explain how the deterministic models are used in plant location. Jan 14
76 Explain the procedure of location allocation location model Jan 14
77 July15
What is location allocation problem? Explain warehouse Layout models.
78 A company is fixed with the problem of identifying a new plant with July15
existing four facilities out of which two mill supply the raw materials for
the new plant, which is to be located while two mill receive finished
goods from the new plant with the information furnished below.
i) Determine the optimum location for the new plant.
ii) Determine total transportation cost.
iii) Graphically represent existing facilities as well as new
plant
Existing facility Dj D, D2 D3 D4
Annual load transportation 755 900 450 500
Co - ordinate location of (20, 30) (10,40) (30, 50) (40, 60)
Fi(Xi,Yi)
79 July 14
Develop a mathematical model for single facility location model.
80 Consider a machine tool in a maintenance department. Suppose there are July 14
five existing machines that have material handling relationship with new
machines. The existing machines are located at the points P1=(l, 1),
P2=(5, 2), P3=(2, 8), P4=(4, 4), P5 = (8, 6). The cost per unit distance
travelled is same between the new machine and each existing machine.
The number of trips per day between the new machine and existing
machines are 5, 6, 2, 4, 8 respectively. Determine the optimum location
for the new machine such that the distance moved or cost is minimized.

UNIT-8 LAYOUT MODELS

81 Develop a mathematical modeling for warehouse location problem Jan 08
82 Develop a mathematical model for warehouse layout problem Jan 11
83 List out the objectives of a waiting line model. What are its July 11
applications in plant layouting?

84 There exists five potential sites for a new warehouse A, B, C, D and July 10
E. Firm's major customers are located in five cities 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The annual cost of meeting customer demand in a city from each site
are given in the following table. The annual fixed cost of providing a
new warehouse is also given for each site.
Customer Ware house sites
location A B C D E
1 100 500 1800 1300 1700
2 1500 200 2600 1400j 1800
3 2500 1200 1700 300 1900
4 2800 1800 700 800 800
5 10000 12000 800 8000 900
Fixed cost 3000 2000 2000 3000 4000

i) If only one warehouse is to be build which site would you prefer?

ii) If cost could be saved by adding one more additional warehouse
which combination of warehouses would you prefer? What would be
the new annual cost?
85 July 11
Explain in brief the weighed factor comparison method of evaluating
facilities plan.
86 July 11
List and explain the road blocks to implement facilities plan
87 Jan 12, July
Explain briefly the different phase in the implementation of facilities plan 14,15
88 Jan 12
Explain the following terms associated with storage models: i) Block stacking
ii) Safety stock iii) Deep lane storage.
89 Jan 14
With suitable example explain how warehouse model is used in facility
planning.

90 Jan 14
Explain with suitable examples: i) Block stacking; ii) FIFO and FILO.