Topic :- Layout Strategies

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Submitted By :- Sachin Sharma
 Layout is the key decision that determines the
long-run efficiency of operation.

 It is helpful to achieve the strategy that supports

differentiation, low cost & response.

For examples:- Benetton, Walmart & Hallmark etc.

 There are mainly 6 types:

 Office Layout :-
positions workers, their equipment,
and spaces/offices to provide for movement of information
 Allocates shelf space and responds to
customer behavior.

These are based on idea that sales &

profitability vary directly with customer
exposure to products.
 Addresses trade-offs between space and material
handling
 Transferring goods

from incoming trucks at receiving docks

to outgoing trucks at shipping docks

 Avoids placing goods into storage

 Requires suppliers provide effective
addressing (bar codes) and packaging that
provides for rapid transhipment
 Design is for stationary project

 Workers and equipment come to site

 Deals with low-volume, high-variety
production (“job shop”, intermittent
production)
Seeks the best personnel and machine use in
repetitive or continuous production.