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Manufacturing plant layout : fundamentals and fine points of optimum facility design / Edward J. Phillips.

By: Phillips, Edward J. (Edward John), 1940-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dearborn, MI : Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1997Description: ix, 259 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0872634841.Subject(s): Plant layoutDDC classification: 658.23
Contents:
An overview of the major planning phases -- Where to begin -- Basic data needs -- Materials handling analysis -- Calculating space requirements -- Relationship/Affinity analysis -- Establishing relationship diagrams for existing plants -- Developing the spatial relationship diagram -- Developing alternative layout configurations -- Manufacturing cells -- Multifloor, multisite space allocations -- Computer-based tools -- Evaluating alternatives -- Closing notes on relationships and materials handling equipment choices.

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A step-by-step guide to planning new factories and plant rearrangements, this book describes proven analytical methods for: Calculating space requirements, Activity-pair relationships, Materials handling analysis, Generating alternative layout. This proven strategy masterfully weaves together the very best elements of layout methods for manufacturing cells, JIT, demand-flow and constraint-based flow manufacturing philosophies, in addition to traditional job shop and assembly line operations. Learn how to methodically reduce or totally rid a design of profit eroders during the plan/design of a cost efficient manufacturing layout.

Includes index.

An overview of the major planning phases -- Where to begin -- Basic data needs -- Materials handling analysis -- Calculating space requirements -- Relationship/Affinity analysis -- Establishing relationship diagrams for existing plants -- Developing the spatial relationship diagram -- Developing alternative layout configurations -- Manufacturing cells -- Multifloor, multisite space allocations -- Computer-based tools -- Evaluating alternatives -- Closing notes on relationships and materials handling equipment choices.

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