The document provides an overview of facility layout planning. It defines layout planning and explains its importance in deciding the best physical arrangement of resources within a facility. It identifies the main types of layouts as process, product, hybrid, and fixed-position layouts. Process layouts group similar resources, product layouts are designed for efficient production of a specific product, and hybrid layouts combine elements of both. The document also outlines the key steps for designing process and product layouts, including gathering information, developing alternative plans, assigning tasks, and ensuring balance. It emphasizes that layout planning is an important operations management consideration that impacts other areas like job design, automation, and production flow.
38. Chapter 10 Homework Hints
10.8: Assign sites based on number of
trips (refer to Example 10.2). There is no
strategy regarding which side of the aisle
to assign—just nearness to the dock.
10.16: Follow the steps. This is a product
layout (assembly line balancing). The
book has an example on pages 360-366,
which is also on the slides covered in class.
40. Sample Problem –10.15
Draw precedence diagram
Determine cycle time—demand = 50 units/hr
Theoretical minimum no. of work stations
Assign tasks to workstations using cycle time
Efficiency and balance delay of line?
Bottleneck?
Maximum output?
Task Imm. predecessor Task time (sec)
A None 55
B A 30
C A 22
D B 35
E B, C 50
F C 15
G F 5
H G 10
TOTAL 222