Shop Floor Layout Optimization

This video demonstrates a factory layout optmisation using simogga a digital manufacturing software solution enabling engineers to optimize factory layout for automotive defense aerospace.

Shop floor layout optimization.

Lean layouts facilitate visual management. However when laying out a new plant changing the layout of an existing facility or adding a new assembly line many engineers underestimate how many factors to consider. The primary objective of a layout is to demark the entire shop floor area as per the tasks which are done there. Connstep created shop floor electrical pneumatic and water network drawings for the target site and used value stream mapping vsm to optimize information flow within the production process.

Along with demarking the layout should help in making it simpler for the workers to locate machines tools equipment and other staff on the shop floor. A good shop layout makes use of a work area arranged so that the pieces running through it are made in a linear sequence. The principles of shop layout. A lean factory or lean oriented production layout creates a seamless flow of people material and information.

Facility layout problem is a well known optimization problem which generally deals with the arrangement of the facilities required in an organization. Plant floor design is the key to an efficient production environment. Well designed lean factories prevent the build up of inventory and excess equipment. They provide a safe clean environment to expedite work regardless of the finished goods being produced.

Layout for the facilities must be identified to minimize the impact of transporting manufacturing units throughout the shop floor on both. They only focus on equipment or material flow instead of designing factories around lean principles such as jidoka kaizen and kanban. It quickly dispelled their belief that they needed more space to. Optimize facility layouts based on material flow and cost by analyzing routing information material storage needs handling equipment and packaging information against the floor layout.