operations fianl test part 2

Flashcards covering key concepts related to facility layout and design, including objectives, types of layouts, and design techniques.

Facility Layout

The arrangement of machines, departments, workstations, storage areas, and common areas within a facility.

Objectives of Facility Layout

Goals include minimizing material handling costs, utilizing space and labor efficiently, eliminating bottlenecks, facilitating communication, and reducing manufacturing or service time.

Fixed-position Layout

A type of layout where the product remains stationary, and workers and equipment come to the location.

Process Layout

Also known as functional layout, where similar activities are grouped by function in departments.

Product Layout

Also called assembly line layout, where activities are arranged in a sequence according to the product assembly process.

Designing Service Layouts

Layouts that must balance attractiveness with functionality, including types like free flow, grid, and loop/spine layouts.

Relationship Diagramming

A qualitative technique that uses weighted lines to denote location preferences when planning layouts.

Muther’s Grid

A tool that displays managers’ preferences for departmental locations coded into six categories for visual representation.

Block Diagramming

A quantitative technique for layout design that includes unit load quantities and evaluates nonadjacent load distances.

Line Balancing Technique

Steps to ensure that workloads are evenly distributed across workstations in a product layout, maximizing efficiency and minimizing delays.