10.0 Learning Outcomes

At the end of this chapter, students will be able to:

• Discuss the role of facility layout design in achieving competitive advantage and productivity.
• Describe the key considerations in designing the layout.
• Explain the characteristics and properties of non-manufacturing and manufacturing layouts.
• Describe and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing layouts.
• Analyze the relationship between material handling cost and layout alterations.
• Explain the properties of the work cell and determine the cell staffing requirements.
• Conduct line balancing analysis and determine the efficiency of allocating workload to workstations.