Facility Layout

Facility Layout 

Service Facility Layout

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Special Arrangements for Particular Types of Plants

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Arrangement of other facilities

Service Facility Layout 

The fundamental difference between service facility & manufacturing facility layouts is that, many service facilities exist to bring together customer & service. Types of service facility 1) Those that are almost totally designed around the customer receiving & servicing function. 2) Those are designed around the technologies, processing of physical materials and production efficiency.

Special Arrangement for Particular Types of Plants 

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The manufacturing of detergent powder. The manufacturing of talcum powder. The News paper plant. The layout of a five star hotel. The layout of a cinema theatre.

Arrangement of Other facilities     

Receiving & Shipping points. Inspection Facilities. Employee Facilities. Storage. Maintenance

Location of Receiving & Shipping Department 

Receiving & Shipping department represents the starting & finishing points respectively in every manufacturing concern.

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Raw materials enter the plant through the receiving department, undergo the manufacturing process inside the plant & reach the customer through the shipping dept.

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The location of the receiving & shipping department influence the movement of materials.

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The best location of the receiving & shipping dept is at either end of the plant

Storage A store room is a place where raw materials, components, partly finished goods, supplies & finished goods are stored. Should be located close to the production, receiving & shipping centres.

Inspection There are 3 types of inspection: (i) Inspection of purchased items comprising Raw materials, parts & supplies. (ii) Inspection of work-in-process. This is normally inspected at four points: 1) At the close of departmental responsibility. 2) After those operations during which there is a high probability of defects, especially if these defects can be isolated. 3) Before those operations during which defective items would be sequentially involved in costly operations. 4) At those places in the process where, succeeding operations would conceal the defect and where it would be cured without great difficulty.

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Inspection of finished goods.

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The inspection of the finished products is essential for the purpose of ensuring that the quality obtained is the quality intended.

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The final inspection is normally conducted close to the shipping area.

Maintenance  

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Maintenance checks should be carried out regularly. In the large establishments a separate department is constituted. Functions: Building construction & maintenance Heating Ventilation

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Air conditioning Machine & equipment installation & maintenance Maintenance of materials handling equipment Lighting Safety device, fire protection & collection & disposal of garbage, scrap.

Employee Facilities

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Employee facilities should find a proper place in any layout. Some of the employee facilities are as follows Time clocks Locker rooms

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Toilet facilities. Drinking water facilities. First aid rooms. Cafeteria & safety measures. Deciding factor for this should be number of employees, convenience & avoidance of congestion. Medical aid services should be so located as to be easily available to all the employees. A centralized canteen for whole plant or a separate canteen for each department should be provided. Employee safety should receive due consideration by layout engineer

Other facilities ) Power Generators.

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2) Water filters: Are essential in chemical industry. e.g. : Soap factory, Testing labs & should be located far from the production centers. 3) Oil tankers: Needed to store oil. Are located far away from the center of main activities. 4) Chilling plant: Supplies chilling water & should be located close to the boilers. 5) Cleaning & fermentation plant: Are needed in bakeries. & both should be located close to the manufacturing processes.

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