Layout designing using Systematic Layout Planning for Electronics Division of a Manufacturing Facility

Abstract

At a manufacturing facility, the management decided to merge all the electronic product divisions spread over three branches into one location. The main objective of the paper was to systematically arrange all the sub divisions in accordance with the parent divisions. This was achieved by implementing the systematic layout planning (SLP) tool. The paper at hand focuses mainly on products, product families, tools, material handling equipment, utilities and different processes and the placement of the various departments based on their interdependency. Also, a detailed study of the plant layout using operation process chart, material flow chart and activity relationship chart was carried out.