Facilities Planning

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Facilities Planning

• Introduction
• Chapter 1

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FACILITIES PLANNING DEFINED

• Determine how an activities tangible fixed assets
  best support achieving the activities objectives.
• Planning and Design are generally used
  interchangeably

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OBJECTIVE 1

• Support the organizations mission through
• Improved material handling
• materials control
• Good housekeeping

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Objective 2

• Effectively utilize
• People
• Equipment
• Space
• Energy

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Objective 3

• Minimize Capital investment
• Simple design
• Dont minimize at the expense of operational
  costs
• Follow the systematic design approach

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Objective 4 (Not in the text)

• Flexibility of Design
• Plan for future expansion
• Plan for alternative uses of the design
• Avoid permanent structures tied to process
  installation.

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Objective 5

• Promote Ease of Maintenance
• Equipment accessibility
• Design in good maintenance
• Maintenance is an operational cost

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Objective 6

• Provide for employee safety and job satisfaction
• Design must meet OSHA standards
• Design must meet EPA standards
• Employees spend at least 24 of their weekly time
  in this facility.

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Important areas of the winning process
1B. Understand External Issues
See fig 1.4 Page 15
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The Need for a New Layout

• Product design changes
• Increasing Production
• Decreasing Production
• Add new products
• Add or Relocate a department
• Obsolete Equipment or Process
• Change Production methods
• Cost reduction

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Sources of information(Inside the organization)

• Sales Forecasts
• Modeling
• Policy
• Product Design
• Production Inventory Control
• Industrial Engineering

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Sources of information(Outside the Organization)

• Trade Associations
• Professional Associations
• Professional publications
• Department of Commerce

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The Facilities Planning Process
9. Maintain Adapt
1.Define Objectives
8.Implement
2.Processes
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3. Relationships
7. Select Plan
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6. Evaluate
4. Space
5. Alternatives
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Strategic Planning
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Strategic Planning

• Strategic The art and science of employing the
  resources of a firm to achieve its business
  objectives.
• Planning To devise a scheme for doing, making,
  or arranging.

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Develop Facilities Planning Strategies

• Type of business
• Manufacturer
• Distributor
• Service provider

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Develop Facilities Planning Strategies(2)

• Size of Organization
• Number of Facilities
• Physical Size of Facility
• Number of Employees

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Developing Facilities Planning Strategies (3)

• Geographic Location
• City
• Rural
• Small Town
• Political Location
• Environment
• Jobs
• Economic impact