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Chapter 6
Process Design
and
Facility Layout

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Process Selection and System Design

Capacity Facilities and

Forecasting
planning Equipment

Product and
service design Layout

Process
Technological selection
change Work
design

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Process Selection
• Variety
– How much
• Flexibility
– What degree
• Volume
– Expected output

• The key trade-off

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Process Types

• Job Shops
• Batch Processing
• Repetitive/Assembly
• Continuous Processing
• Projects

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Product-Process Matrix for Processes

Less Customization and Higher Volume

Product Design
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
One of a kind Low volume, Multiple Few major High volume
products, made low products products, high
Process to customer standardization moderate higher standardization,
order volume volume commodity
Characteristics products
Less Complexity, Less Divergence, More Line Flows

(1)
Complex and
highly customized Project
process, unique process
sequence of tasks

(2)
Jumbled flows, Job
complex work with process
many exceptions

(3)
Disconnected line Batch
flows, moderately process
complex work

(4)
Connected line,
Line
routine work process

(5)
Continuous Continuous
flows, highly
repetitive work process

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Product-Process Matrix
Fe High
Low Multip w Volume,
Volum Products,
le Maj High
Low
e One Products,Highe
or Standar
of a Volum r d-
Kind e Volum ization Flexibilit
Job Commerc e y-
Sho ial
Quality
p Printer
Batc Heavy
h Equipme
nt
Assemb Automob
ly ile
Line Assembl
Continuo y Sugar
us Refine Dependabil
Flow ry ity
Flexibility- Dependability- Cost
Quality Cost
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Automation

• Automation: Machinery that has

sensing and control devices that
enables it to operate

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Automation

• Numerically controlled (NC) machines

• Robot
• Computer-aided design and
manufacturing systems (CAD/CAM)
• Flexible manufacturing systems
• Computer-integrated manufacturing
(CIM)

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Layout

• Layout: the configuration of

departments, work centers, and
equipment, with particular emphasis
on movement of work (customers or
materials) through the system

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Importance of Layout Decisions

• Requires substantial investments of

money and effort
• Involves long-term commitments
• Has significant impact on cost and
efficiency of short-term operations

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Basic Layout Types

• Product Layouts
• Process Layouts
• Fixed-Position
• Combination Layouts

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Basic Layout Types

• Product Layout
– Layout that uses standardized processing
operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-
volume flow
– Group equipments according to the sequential
steps of operations of a specific product
• Process Layout
– Layout that can handle varied processing
requirements
– Group equipments according to their functions

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A Flow Line for Production or Service

Flow Shop or Assembly Line Work Flow

Raw Statio Station Station Station Finished

materials n 2 3 4 item
or customer 1
Material Material Material Material
and/or and/or and/or and/or
labor labor labor labor

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Process Layout

Milling

Assembly
Grinding
& Test

Drilling Plating
Process Layout - work travels
to dedicated process centers

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Functional Layout

222 22 222
2
444 Drill Grin 333
111
Mil 44 d 3
l 4
1111
111 2222
Assemb
33 ly
11 3 11
1 He 11 Gear 1
333 Lathe
at 1 cuttin 44
s 4
tre g
at

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Basic Layout Formats

• Group Technology Layout

Part Family W Part Family X

• Cellular Layout

• Fixed Position Layout

Part Family Y Part Family Z

– e.g. Shipbuilding

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Cellular Layouts

• Cellular Manufacturing
– Layout in which machines are grouped into
a cell that can process items that have
similar processing requirements
• Group Technology
– The grouping into part families of items with
similar design or manufacturing
characteristics

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A U-Shaped Production Line

In 1 2 3 4

Workers

Out 10 9 8 7

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Cellular Manufacturing Layout

Heat Gear
-1111 Lathe Mill Drill -1111
treat cut

Heat
Mill Drill Grin

Assembly
222222222 treat - 2222
d

Heat - 3333
3333333333 Lath e Mill Grin
treat
d

44444444444444 Mill Drill Gear - 4444

cut

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Design Product Layouts: Line Balancing

Line Balancing is the process of assigning

tasks to workstations in such a way that
the workstations have approximately
equal time requirements.

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Cycle Time

Cycle time is the maximum time

allowed at each workstation to
complete its set of tasks on a unit.

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Determine Maximum Output

OT
O utput capacity =
CT

OT operating tim e per day

D = D esired output rate

OT
CT = cycle tim e =
D

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Determine the Minimum Number

of Workstations Required: Efficiency

(D)( t)
N=
OT

t = sum of task times

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Precedence Diagram
Precedence diagram: Tool used in line balancing
to display elemental tasks and sequence
requirements
0.1 min. 1.0 min.
A Simple Precedence
a b Diagram

c d e
0.7 min. 0.5 min. 0.2 min.

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Example 1: Assembly Line Balancing

• Arrange tasks shown in the previous

slide into workstations.
– Use a cycle time of 1.0 minute
– Assign tasks in order of the most number of
followers

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Solution to Example 1

Work- Time Assign Station

Station Remaining Eligible Task Idle Time
1 1.0 a a
.9 c c
.2 none - .2
2 1.0 b b
0 none - 0
3 1.0 d d
.5 e e
.3 - - .3
.5

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Calculate Percent Idle Time

Idle time per cycle

Percent idle time =
(N)(CT)

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Line Balancing Rules

Some Heuristic (intuitive) Rules:

• Assign tasks in order of most
following tasks.
• Assign tasks in order of greatest
positional weight.
– Positional weight is the sum of each
task’s time and the times of all
following tasks.

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Solution to Example 2

Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

a b e
f g h
c d

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Parallel Workstations

30/h 30/h 30/h 30/h

1 min. 1 min. 2 min. 1 min.
r. r. r. r.

Bottlene
ck
30/h 1 min. 30/h
r. r.
60/h 60/h
1 min. 1 1 min.
r. r.
min. 30/h
r. 1 30/h
min. r.
Parallel
Workstations
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