Sometime, providing comfort to the workers and catering to worker’s taste and liking, better control over the production cycle by having greater flexibility for changes in the design of the product may also be objective behind designing the layout.
Objectives of a good plant layout
1.
Proper
and efficient utilization of available floor space
2.
Giving
good and improved working conditions
3. To ensure
that work proceeds from one point to another point without any delay
4.
Provide
enough production capacity
5.
Minimizing
delays in production
6.
Reduce
material handling costs
7.
Reduce
hazards to personnel
8.
Utilize
labour efficiently
9.
Increase
employee morale
10.
Reduce
accidents
11.
Provide
for volume and product flexibility
12.
Provide
ease of supervision and control
13.
Provide
for employee safety and health
14.
Allow
ease of maintenance
15.
Allow high
machine or equipment utilization
16.
Improve
productivity
Sometime, providing comfort to the workers and
catering to worker’s taste and liking, better control over the production cycle
by having greater flexibility for changes in the design of the product may also
be objective behind designing the layout.
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