layout and its types

Presentation on: Layout

Presented By:Saransh Arora

What is Layout?

The Layout of an operation or process means how its transformed resources are positioned relative to eachother and how its various tasks are allocated to these transforming resources.

Types of Layout

Product/Line/Flow line layoutProcess/Job Shop/Functional layoutFixed Position layoutCellular layoutCombination/ hybrid layout

Also know as line/flow line layout. if all the processing equipment and machines are arranged according to the operations of the product , the layout is called product layout.

Product Layout

Also known as job shop/functional layout. The process layout is particularly useful where low volume of production is needed. If the product is not standardized, the process layout is more low desirable, because it has creator process flexibility than other.

Process layout

This type of layout is the least important for today’s manufacturing industries. In this type of layout the major component remain in a fixed location, other materials, parts, tools, machinery, man power and other supporting equipment’s are brought to this location.

Fixed Position layout

It is a type of layout where machines are grouped according to the process requirements for a set of similar items that require similar processing.

Cellular layout

Many situations call for mixture of three layout types. These mixtures are commonly called combination or hybrid layout.

Combination layout

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layout and its types

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