State the objectives of good plant layout. what are principles of plant layout?
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(i) Should provide overall satisfaction to all concerned.
(ii) Material handling and internal transportation from one operation to the next is minimized and efficiently controlled.
(iii) The production bottle necks and points of congestions are to be eliminated so that input raw materials and semi-finished parts move fast from one work station to another.
(iv) Should provide high work in process turnover.
(v) Should utilize the space most effectively; may be cubical utilization.
(vi) Should provide worker’s convenience, promote job satisfaction and safety for them.
(vii) Should avoid unnecessary investment of capital.
(viii) Should help in effective utilization of labour.
(ix) Should lead to increased productivity and better quality of the product with reduced capital cost.
(x) Should provide easy supervision.
(xi) Should provide space for future expansion of the plant.
(xii) Should provide proper lighting and ventilation of the areas of work stations.
Principles of Plant Layout:
According to Muther there are six basic principles of “best layout”