Design of Facilities Layout
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The official GTU curriculum for Design of Facilities Layout (subject code 2151506) as prescribed for Industrial · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2151506)Unit 1 Plant Location
- Selection of site-factors to be considered- plant layout- process-group layout- layout planning- computerized planning techniques
Unit 2 Plant Layout
- advantages & Disadvantages of each type
- Plant Services- Capacity estimation
- Plant Safety-Elements of Safety Engineering
- Material Handling-Systems and equipment
- Production flow systems
Unit 3 Objectives in Location and Layout of Facilities
- Planning for production flow systems activity relationship
- Personnel and organization factors
- Developing alternatives of layout for facilities for particular functions – Manufacturing
- receiving and shipping
- Storage and warehousing systems
- Principles of factory layout
- Quantitative and computer aided approaches to facilities layout
- Environment aspects lighting
- Dust control and Humidity
- Plant services Steam
- Compressed air
Unit 4 Interaction of layout and flow system
- Design philosophies
- Analysis of different types of assembly lines
- Flexibility in assembly lines and flow lines
- Automation and computer aids in warehousing operation
Unit 5 Location of multiple facilities
- Expansion of facilities
- Strategic considerations and current trends
- Group Technology-Production Flow Analysis (PFA) Rank Order Clustering (ROC)
- Line Balancing etc
Unit 6 Equipments Replacement
- Replacement based on technical and economic considerations
- Use of DCF techniques
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