Due to the increased competition in manufacturing industries play a driving force towards reducing the manufacturing costs by efficient design of facility layout. The success of manufacturing industries depends on the design of the facility that is able to adapt quickly and effectively for any changes in market requirements, technological changes, etc. The Facility Layout Problem (FLP) is a com...

Increasing global competition has enforced all members of supply chains to optimize their activities to achieve high performance and customer satisfaction. A company can improve its supply chain performance in terms of responsiveness and efficiency by means of good facility layout design. Facilities are the places in the supply chain network where product is stored, manufactured, assembled or f...

This paper primarily presents a comprehensive dynamic layout design model which integrates layout and transportation system design via considering more realistic assumptions, such as taking account of fixed-position departments and distance between departments that endanger each other. In addition, specific criteria such as capacity, cost and reliability of facilities are considered in transpor...

Semiconductor manufacturing is an important component of the U.S. manufacturing industry. Most of today’s fabrication facilities and those being designed for the near future use a bay layout configuration and an overhead monorail system for moving material between bays. These material handling systems are usually designed with a spine or perimeter type of configuration. This paper investigates ...

In other words, facilities design attempts to organize the tangible fixed assets of an activity in such way as to provide maximal support for the achievement of the activity's objectives at the present time and in the future at the lowest possible cost. This activity can take many different forms, e.g. manufacturing (plant layout), health care (hospital layout), transportation (airport layout) ...

A mathematical formulation for the simultaneous design and layout of batch process facilities is proposed. The model determines simultaneously the optimal plant topology (i.e. the choice of the plant equipment and the associated connections), the layout (i.e. the arrangement of processing equipment storage vessels and their interconnecting pipe-work over a two-dimensional space) and the optimal...

One of the most difficult problems that face researchers experimenting with complex systems in real world applications is the Facility Layout Design Problem. It relies with the design and location of production lines, machinery and equipment, inventory storage and shipping facilities. In this work it is intended to address this problem through the use of Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) techn...

LayOPTTM is an innovative facilities layout analysis and optimization software package which can be used by layout planners and engineers in the optimal solution of single and multiple floor facility layout problems. LayOPT is ideal for the re-design of the overall layout for an existing facility or the development of a block layout for a new building. It can be applied to manufacturing, wareho...

20 Having a significant impact on the design of many products and industrial systems, such as the subdivi21 sion of a ship, the layout of facilities in a plant or further still the assembly of parts of a mechanism, layout 22 design optimization is at the heart of scientific issues. The design of an optimal layout solution is a critical 23 and complex task due to the increasing demands of design...

Facility layout problems have been generally solved either hierarchically or integrated into other phases of plant design. In this paper, a hybrid method is introduced so that clustering and facilities layout can be simultaneously optimized. Each cluster is formed by a group of connected facilities and selection of the most appropriate cluster configuration is aimed. Since exact method by MIP i...