Fundamentals of Management, 8th ed

Product Layout

Fixed-Position Layout

Incoming

job 1

Finished

product 1

Finished

product

Finished

product 2

Incoming

job 2

Process Layout

Workstation

Product

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F I G U R E 1 5 . 1

Approaches to Facilities Layout

When a manufacturer produces large quantities of a product (such as cars or

computers), it may arrange its facilities in an assembly line (product layout). In a

process layout, the work (such as patients in a hospital or custom pieces of furniture)

moves through various workstations. Locomotives and bridges are both

manufactured in a fixed-position layout.

layout

The physical

configuration of

facilities, the

arrangement of

equipment within

facilities, or both

product layout

A physical

configuration of

facilities arranged

around the product;

used when large

quantities of a single

product are needed

process layouts

A physical

configuration of

facilities arranged

around the process;

used in facilities that

create or process a

variety of products

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