Chapter 04 - Layout Planning Procedures
Chapter 04 - Layout Planning Procedures
Layout Planning
Procedures
DR IMRAN ALI CHAUDHRY
Introduction
Given similar production resources (labor, material, and machines),
would a different layout impact the economic success of production
systems?
A systematic approach must be followed to:
Collect data
Develop alternatives
Chose final layout
Introduction
Workstation consists of fixed assets needed to perform specific
operations. It can be considered as a facility itself. It includes
space for equipment, materials, and personnel
Planning departments are groups of workstations put together
in facility layout
Planning departments can be subdivided into:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Product or production-line
department
Process department
Layout Planning
Layout planning in facilities design essentially means space
planning
Fundamental elements of a layout
Layout Planning
Space planning units (SPU): separate planning components
to be arranged on a layout. e.g., Production or service
department, warehouse, a building feature, single workstation
requiring a fixed workstation
Affinities: Relationships that demand closeness among space
planning units. Falls into five general classifications:
Organizational relationships
Flow relationships
Control relationships
Affinity diagram (relationships diagram):
Environmental relationships SPU are nodes (circles) and affinities are
arcs (line thickness represents importance
Process relationships
of relationship)
Layout Planning
Layout Planning
Space
Each SPU has its own space requirement
Adding space will transform the relationship diagram into preliminary
space plan (space relationship diagram)
Constraints
Conditions, assumptions, policies, or requirement that restrict a
physical arrangement or space plan
Ex. Floor loading, columns in a building, required location of
shipping/receiving area
The constraints transform preliminary space plan into a final plan
Space
Planning
Units
Block Layout
Affinity
Diagram
Affinities
Space
Requirement
s
Constraints
A = Absolutely necessary
E = Especially important
I = Important
O = Ordinary closeness acceptable
U = Unimportant
X = not desirable to be close
From-To-Chart
1. Flow of
Materials
2. Activity
Relationships
Relationship Chart
3. Relationship
Diagram
4. Space
Requirements
5. Space Available
6. Space
Relationship
Diagram
7. Modifying
Considerations
8. Practical Limitations
Plan
X
Plan Y
Plan Z
9. Evaluation
Selected Layout
Plan
Example # 1
Factory has four planning departments (1, 2, 3, 4). Product A is manufactured
according to the sequence 1234 and Product B according to the sequence
34212. The daily production volumes of A and B are 10 and 20 respectively.
Both A and B have similar sizes, shapes, and material handling requirements.
a) Construct the fromtochart indicating the number of trips from one department
to another
b) Develop a relationship chart following these rules:
1. A for any two departments with a total number of trips (including both directions) equal to
40 or more
2. E for 30 or more and less than 40
3. I for 20 or more but less than 30
4. O for 10 or more but less than 20
5. U for less than 10
Product A:
1-2-3-4
Product B:
1
20
3-4-2-1-2
2
Production volume = 10
Production volume =
3
1
2
3
4
10+
20=
30
20
10+
20=
30
20
10 -
Example # 2
Assume now that component B is twice as large as component
A and that, as a result, moving 2 units of component A is
equivalent to moving 1 unit of component B. Find the fromto
chart using component A as the reference product.
Solution Example # 2
Assumption: Component B is twice as large as Component A
& moving 2 units of A is equivalent to moving 1 unit of B
1
2
3
4
10+
20=
30
20
10+
20=
30
20
10 -
1
2
3
4
10+
40=
50
40
10+
40=
50
40
10 -
Using Component A
as
the
reference
product
Example # 3
Departmental Area Requirements
Departments
Area (sq. ft.)
1. Receiving
12,000
2. Milling
8,000
3. Press
6,000
4. Screw Machine 12,000
5. Assembly
8,000
6. Plating
12,000
7. Shipping
12,000
Solution Example # 3
Solution Example # 3
Department
1E
Department
Department
0E
0A, 1E
Department
0A, 2E
Department
0A, 0E
Department
0A, 1I
1E,
1E
Department
1E,
0A, 2I
1E
Department
1E, 2O
1I,
1I
Department
1I, 0O
6 1A,
5 1A,
1
2
Rank 1
Dept. 6
2
5
3
2
4
4
5
1
6
7
7
3
14
47
7
1
7
DR IMRAN ALI CHAUDHRY
Solution Example # 3
Selection Order of Departments
1. Department 6 is selected first
2. Department 5 is selected second
3. For departments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 we have to find the department that
has the best set of relationships with Departments 5 and 6:
1
2 3 4 7 As 0
0
Es
Is
Os
Solution Example # 3
Department 7 has 1E and 1I relationships with those chosen.
Note that this is better than department 2s two I
relationships. Therefore, department 7 is selected third
Selection 1 2
Department 6
3
5
4
7
5
2
6
4
7
1
Solution Example # 3
Proposed Layout
Shipping
Milling
6
Plating
Assembl
y
Receiving
Screw
Machine
3
Pres
s
Solution Example # 3
Layout Evaluation
4
7
6
10
8
E
6
0
Score = 6+10+2+8+6 = 32
Any Questions??