Advantage And Limitation Of Fixed Product Layout

ADVANTAGE AND LIMITATION OF FIXED PRODUCT LAYOUT, PRODUCT LAYOUT, GROUP LAYOUT, AND PROCESS LAYOUT

FIXED PRODUCT LAYOUT ADVANTAGES 1). Material reduced.

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LIMITATIONS is 1). Personal and equipment movement is increased.

Reason: because the production process is located in one location for its entire manufacturing, it can be minimize damage or cost of moving.

Reason: because it is necessary many equipment to brought the material from storage to the process location and moved to the warehouse. Movement of people and equipment to and from the work site may be expensive.

2). When a team approach is 2). May result use, continuity of operations equpiment. and responsibility results. Reason: Reason: because the 3). Provides opportunities Reason:

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enrichment 3). Requires greater skill for personel. Reason: since the same workers are involved in more operations, skilled and versatile workers are required. The necessary combinations of skills may be difficult to find and high pay levels may be necessary.

4).Promotes pride and quality 4). Requires because an individual can supervision complete the “whole job”. Reason: Reason:

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5). Highly flexible; can 5). May result in increased accomodate changesin product space and greater work-in design, product mix, and process.

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6). Requires close control and coordination in scheduling production. Reason:

PRODUCT LAYOUT ADVANTAGES

LIMITATIONS

1). Smooth , simple, logical, and 1). Machine stoppage stops the direct flow lines result. line. Reason:

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2). Small work-in-process 2). Product desgin changes inventories should result. cause the layout to become obsolote. Reason: Reason: 3). Total production time per 3). Slowest station paces the unit is short. line. Reason:

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4).Material handling 4). General requirements are produced. required. Reason:

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5). Less skill is required for 5). Higher equipment personel. investment usually results. Reason: 6). Simple production control is possible. Reason: 7). Special-purpose equipment can be used. Reason:

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GROUP LAYOUT ADVANTAGES

LIMITATIONS

1). By grouping products, 1). General higher machine utilization can required. result. Reason: Reason:

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2). Smoother flow lines and 2). Greater labor skills required shorter travel distance are for team members to be skilled expected than for process on all operations. layout. Reason: Reason: 3). Team atmosphere and job 3). Critically dependent on enlargement benefits often production control balancing result. the flows through the individual cells. Reason: Reason: 4). Has product layouts; between Reason:

some of benefits of layouts and process it is a compromise the two.

4). If flows is not balanced in each cell, buffers and work-inprosess storage are required in the cell to eliminate the need for added material handling to and from the cell. Reason:

5). Encourages consideration of 5). Has some of the general purpose equipment. disadvantages of product layouts and process layouts; it Reason: is a compromise between two. Reason: 6). Decreases the opportunity to use special-purpose equipment. Reason:

PROCESS LAYOUT

ADVANTAGES 1). Increased utilization

LIMITATIONS

machine 1).Increased material handling requirements

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2). General-purpose equipment 2). More complicated can be used. production control required. Reason:

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3). Highly flexible in allocating 3). Increased work-in-process personel and equipment. Reason: Reason: 4). Material handling 4). Longer production lines. requirements are reduced Reason: Reason: 5). Diversity personel Reason: 6). Specialized possible. Reason:

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for 5). Higher skills required to accomodate diversity of tasks required.

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