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types of manufacturing system amp layouta layout essentially refers to the arranging and grouping of machines which are meant to produce goods
factors influencing plant layoutwhile choosing the layout for a factory the following factors should be taken into considerationmanagement policy
importance of layout1 economic in handling nearly 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the manufacturing costs in accounted for by materials
objectives of good layoutany of the following objectives might be achieved through a good layout provide enough production capacity reduce material
criteria for a good layout maximum flexibility a good layout will be one which can be rapidly modified to meet changing circumstances in this context
layout of facilities layout refers to the arrangement of facilities a plant layout refers to the arrangement of machinery equipment and other
locational break - even analysisin comparing several potential location on an economic basis i e tangible factor the only
point rating methodin selecting a site of location companies have several objectives but not all are of equal
factors for plant location choicesafety requirements some production units may present or may be believed to present potential dangers to the
regional regulations and room of expansionregional regulationsit is important to check at an early stage that the proposed location does not infringe
factors for plant location choice - availability of servicesthere are six main services which need to be considered gas electricity water
factors for plant location choice - suitability of climatethe climate has its own importance in the location of a plant because of two reasons first
factor for plant location choice - availability of transportthere are five basic modes of physical transportation air road rail water and
availability of labour and amenitiesavailability of labour and skills certain geographical area has traditional skills but is very are that a
factors for plant location choice - proximity to marketorganization s may choose to locate facilities close to their market not merely to minimize
factors responsible for plant location choice - availability of raw materialsareas where industrial raw materials are easily available obviously
factors responsible for plant location choicethe physical factors associated with location of an enterprise can have a significant impact on the
location strategy it is difficult to set down rules whereby the problem of facilities location can be programmed but
process analysisprocess analysis means the study of the overall process in factory plant it analyses every step of the manufacturing process and aims
characteristics of continuous or flow production flow of material the flow of materials is continuous and there is little or no queuing at any stage
type of process technologies - continuous of flow productioncontinuous of flow production batch methods are characterized by the irregularity in the
characteristics of batch productionshort runs batch production is characterized by short production runs and frequent changes in set upsinvestment
types of process technologies - batch productionunder this system the manufacturing is done in batches or groups or lots either on the basis of
characteristics of job order production small production runs job order production is characterized by the manufacturing of one or few numbers of
types of process technologies - job productionjob one off or make complete are description given to the organization whereby the complete task is