Manufacturing System Design & Control
       Facility Layout and Work Flow
       Arrangement within a factory of:
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           Machines
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           Departments
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           Workstations
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           Storage areas
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           Aisles and common areas
       Ensures a smooth flow of work, material, people and 
       information through the system 
                                    
       Manufacturing System Design & Control
      3 three basic types of layout: 
         •Process 
         •Product 
         •Fixed-Position 
      3 hybrid layouts: 
         •Cellular 
         •Flexible Manufacturing Systems
         •Mixed-model Assembly Lines
                                   
               Manufacturing System Design Control
           Process Layout:
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                     Similar activities grouped together in work areas
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                     Suitable for low volume or batch production
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                     Flexible
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                     Not very efficient
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                     Storage space – large receiving, small shipping 
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                     Large aisles for movement of material
                                       Lathe               Milling Department          Drilling Department
                                    Department
                                                                                     D      D      D      D
                                  L         L              M      M       M
                                                                                     D      D      D      D
                                  L         L
                                                            Grinding Department            Painting Department
                                  L         L             G       G      G      G                  P
                                                                                                    P
                                  L         L
                                                           Receiving and Shipping
                                                                                               Assembly
                                                                                          A       A       A
        Manufacturing System Design Control
      Product Layout:
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          Arrange activities in sequence of operation
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          Line set up for one product
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          Specialised machines
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          Suitable for mass production 
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          More automated than process layouts
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          Efficient
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          Line flow – avoid bottlenecks 
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          Not flexible
                IN
                                                     OUT
                                       
       Manufacturing System Design Control
     Fixed Position Layout:
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         Large projects too big to move
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         Equipment and parts moved in and out of work area
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         Highly skilled workers - costly