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    1. The document discusses the importance of facility design in ensuring efficient material flow and minimizing production costs. It outlines the steps involved in facilities design from analyzing product flow to arranging individual work areas and integrating them into functional units. 2. An efficient material flow pattern is critical for economical production and should be the basis for effective facility arrangement and layout. This flow pattern is then implemented through material handling to convert designs into operational reality. 3. If facilities are arranged optimally around the material flow pattern, work processes will function efficiently, minimizing costs and maximizing profits. The material flow analysis is thus the foundation for successful plant design and business performance.

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    1. The document discusses the importance of facility design in ensuring efficient material flow and minimizing production costs. It outlines the steps involved in facilities design from analyzing product flow to arranging individual work areas and integrating them into functional units. 2. An efficient material flow pattern is critical for economical production and should be the basis for effective facility arrangement and layout. This flow pattern is then implemented through material handling to convert designs into operational reality. 3. If facilities are arranged optimally around the material flow pattern, work processes will function efficiently, minimizing costs and maximizing profits. The material flow analysis is thus the foundation for successful plant design and business performance.

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    The Facilities Design Function

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    THE FACILITIES DESIGN FUNCTION

    2. Receiving 3. Storage 4. Production 5. Assembly 6. Packaging and packing 7. aterial !andling

    %%. S!ipping %2. &''ices %3. ($ternal 'acilities %4. )uildings %5. *rounds %6. +ocation %7. Sa'ety Scra

    ". Personnel services #. Au$iliary production activities

    ,!e -ork o' designing a 'acility usually starts -it! an analysis o' t!e product to be made. or t!e service to be per'ormed. and a consideration o' t!e overall 'lo- o' material or activity. /t progresses. step0by0step. t!roug! t!e detailed planning o' t!e arrangement o' e1uipment 'or eac! individual -ork area. ,!en t!e interrelations!ip bet-een -ork areas is planned2 related areas are coordinated into units. sections. or departments -!ic! t!en are -oven into a 'inal layout. ,!e detailed steps by -!ic! t!is -ork is accomplis!ed are detailed in subse1uent c!apters.

    Importance of Facilities Design


    ,!e importance o' 'acilities design to t!e e''icient operation o' an enterprise cannot be overemp!asi3ed. /t s!ould be recogni3ed t!at t!e 'lo- o' material usually represents t!e backbone o' a productive 'acility. and s!ould be very care'ully planned and not allo-ed to gro- or develop into an un-ieldy octopus o' con'used tra''ic patterns. Per!aps t!e concept can be summari3ed as 'ollo-s4
    %. An efficient plan for the flow of material is a primary re1uisite 'or economical production. 2. The material flow pattern becomes t!e basis 'or an e''ective arrangement o' p!ysical 'acilities. 3. Material handling converts t!e static 'lo- pattern into a dynamic reality. providing t!e means by -!ic! material is caused or permitted to 'lo-. 4. Effective arrangement of facilities around t!e material 'lo- pattern s!ould result in e''icient operation o' t!e various related processes. 5. Efficient operation of the processes s!ould result in minimum production cost. 6. Minimum production cost s!ould result in ma$imum pro'it.

    ,!e material 'lo- pattern. t!en. becomes t!e basis 'or t!e entire plant design as -ell as 'or t!e success o' t!e enterprise. All too 're1uently. insu''icient emp!asis is placed on determining t!e most e''icient plan 'or t!e 'lo- o' material t!roug! production 'acilities. /t s!ould be our conclusion t!at t!e 'acilities design. or plant layout. process comes 'irst. 5ertainly one -ould not build a s!ell 'or a !ouse. and only a'ter-ard attempt to 'it into it all t!e t!ings necessary 'or a complete and com'ortable !ome 6eit!er s!ould one erect any industrial building -it!out 'irst completing a

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