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PLANT LAYOUT IN A PRODUCTION SYSTEM new article content ... INTRODUCTION- Plant layout is a plan of optimum arrangement of industrial facilities like men ,material, machine, space for storage and other supporting services along with the design of best structure to contain all the facilities.

OBJECTIVES OF PLANT LAYOUT- 1. To ensure economical utilization of all the resources. 2. To ensure smooth flow of material. 3. To provide sufficient flexibility. 4. To ensure good working condition, which will result in better safety of workers and will provide hygienic environment. 5. To minimize the industrial waste. 6. To improve productivity.

PRINCIPLE OF PLANT LAYOUT- 1. PRINCIPLE OF OVERALL INTEGRATION- According to this principle the best layout the one which integrate men, material, machines and all the supporting facilities and any other factor which results in best or optimum utilization of the plant. 2. PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM DISTANCE TRAVEL- According to this principle the number of movements of the workers and materials and the distance moved should be minimized. The material should be transported in bulk rather then in small components. 3. PRINCIPLE OF SMOOTH AND CONTINUOUS FLOW OF MATERIAL- According to this principle the material should be able to move smoothly and without any hindrance. The bottlenecks, congestion points and back tracking should be removed by proper line balancing techniques. 4. PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM CUBIC SPACE- According to this principle besides using the floor space of a room if the ceiling space can be utilized then more materials can be accommodated in the same space. Boxes or bags should be stacked one over the others to store more items in the same work space. 5. PRINCIPLE OF SATISFACTION AND SAFETY- According to this principle the working place should be safe. It should be well ventilated and free from dust, noise, pollution. 6. PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBILITY- It means that the best layout is one which can adopt or incorporate the changes in the design of the plant at the minimum cost and with least inconvenience.