Abstract
In spite of the vast amount of scientific research related to the facility layout problem, only a limited literature has focused on plant layout evaluation. Thus, little interest has also been taken to industrial facilities relayout. In this context, the study introduces an index to evaluate the existing plant layout performance by identifying its positioning between the ideal and anti-ideal scenario. The resultant index value could facilitate to industrial operation managers the making of strategic relayout decisions without requiring deep mathematical knowledge. The procedure to obtain the index is illustrated in a case study carried out at a company of the metal components processing industry in Ecuador.
| Translated title of the contribution | Presentación de un índice de rendimiento del diseño de la planta: metodología y estudio de caso |
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| Original language | English (US) |
| State | Published - 2 Dec 2015 |
| Event | II Congreso Salesiano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad (CITIS 2015) - EC Duration: 2 Dec 2015 → 3 Dec 2015 https://citis.blog.ups.edu.ec/historia-del-congreso/congreso-citis-2015 |
Conference
| Conference | II Congreso Salesiano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad (CITIS 2015) |
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| Period | 2/12/15 → 3/12/15 |
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Keywords
- Facility layout
- Facility layout evaluation
- Facility relayout
- Layout performance index
- Metal components processing industry
CACES Knowledge Areas
- 727A Industrial and process design