Plant Layout - Efficiency

Efficiency Measures of a Layout

Minimum Floor space: Efficient layout engineering can minimize floor space for a specified production output.

Minimum Materials Handling: Efficient layout results in minimum amount and cost of materials handling.

More Efficient Utilization of Machinery and Labor: An efficient layout eliminates general production delays, occasioned by congested aisles, cramped storage areas, crowding of machine layout, and improper materials handling devices, all of which lead to a slowing down of the production process as a whole and in general reduction in the output of goods from a given quantity of production machinery and labor.

Maximum flexibility of production facilities consistent with low cost of production: Production facilities and layout can be designed to attain flexibility and adaptability to meet changing economic and technological conditions.


Reference: John A. Shubin and Huxley Madeheim, Plant Layout: Developing and Improving Manufacturing Plants, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1965.

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Plant Layout Optimization

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Clever layout enhances bottling efficiency, 2002
http://www.packworld.com/article-11019

Plant Layout Analysis
http://www.slideshare.net/sarangbhutada/case-study-for-plant-layout-a-modern-analysis-presentation

The Dynamics of Plant Layouts
Management Science, January 1986. (Interesting paper)
http://watha.gendit.com/Phd/Network/Dynamic%20of%20Plant%20Layout.pdf


An Interesting Book in NITIE library
John A. Shubib, Ph.d and Huxley Madeheim, Plant Layout: Developing and Improving Manufacturing Plants, Prentice Hall, 1963. (658.23/742)


Originally posted in Knol number 2800

Updated 2 August 2012