An Analysis On Facility Layout Using Systematic Layout Planning - Case Study In Lighting Manufacturer

Tshai, Chen Tong (2008) An Analysis On Facility Layout Using Systematic Layout Planning - Case Study In Lighting Manufacturer. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In the globalization market, saving cost has become a very important issue in manufacturing industry. The facility layout is one of the important studies that give a significant advantage to the operation activities in order to reduce the operation costs and increase productivity to keep its competitiveness in the market. An effective facility layout can reduce the operation costs because it influences many activities in manufacturing system such as material handling, utilization of space, operating costs, and so on. This project presents an analysis on a facility layout of a lighting manufacturing factory called PCO. LITE Electrical Sdn. Bhd. located in Perak, Malaysia by using Muther’s Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) procedures as an approach to solve the PCO layout design problem. The alternative layout was developed in this project based on minimum distance traveled between each pair of department. It improved the company existing layout by reduced total movement traveled in production for material handling, and then provides some recommendations for improvement to the layout. The measurements covered the actual sizes of the layout and departments, activities between departments, distance between departments, and material flow between departments in the factory visit. Besides that, the field observations and interview to supervisors in the factory were carried to gather valuable data for this project. The proposed procedure is illustrated to be a viable approach for solving layout design problem through a real-world case study.

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