bme w3

determining the best physical arrangement of resources within a facility.

It may be defined as a technique of locating machines, processes and plant services within the factory so as to achieve the right quantity and quality of output at the lowest possible cost of manufacturing.

Functional Layout or Job shop Layout.

Line processing layout or Flow Line Layout

Layout or Static Layout.

Group Technology Layouts.

Hybrid Layout

Groupsimilar resources together.

Involves grouping together of like machines in one department.

Involves the arrangement of machines in one line, depending upon the operations.

Materials are fed into the first machines and finished products come out of the last machin