Application Of Relationship Chart Method In Facility Layout

Nurul Arbaeyah, Ahmad Yassin (2010) Application Of Relationship Chart Method In Facility Layout. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

A general facility layout problem is concerned with the physical organization or allocation of a production system. However, in practice, these problems are generally formulated and solved sequentially due to the complicated nature of the integrated problem. Specifically, there is close interaction between the formation of departments and layout of these departments. These problems are treated as separate problems that are solved sequentially. This procedure is mainly due to the complexity of each problem and the interrelationships between them. In this research, we take a first step toward integrating the flow-based department formation and departmental layout into comprehensive relationship chart and develop appropriate solution procedures.A heuristic placement procedure, which is capable of changing the orientation of facilities, is proposed to place the machines in the floor area, in order to obtain minimum flow distance travel. Relationship analysis is one of the tools for managing and arranging a layout and is the basic foundation plant layout. This method can be used to generate good solutions quickly.In this research, the relationship chart method is used to produce various layouts. The layouts are then compared to the current layout based on the total flow distance. Overall, the results show that the layouts developed through the relationship chart method are more efficient than the current layout. In fact, reduction in flow distance as low as 467.691m, which is equivalent to 32% reduction, is recorded.

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