- Hi. Welcome to Educationleaves. In this video, I am going to discuss the plant layout. Topics that I have covered in this video are what is plant layout, objectives of plant layout, and types of plant layout. In part two, I have explained the types of plant layout in details with the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Let's start the video.

What is plant layout? Plant layout means the arrangement of equipment, material, manpower, et cetera facilities and services of the plant within the selected work area to achieve the productivity as high as possible. Plant layout starts with building design and goes up to movement of work table and material handling system. Two plants having similar operations may not have identical layout. This may be due to the size of the plant, nature of the process, and management's caliber.

Objectives of good plant layout. One, bottlenecks and point of congestion are eliminated by line balancing so that material handling and transportation is minimized. Two, work stations are designed suitably so that movement made by the workers is minimized. Three, waiting time of the semi-finished products is minimized. Four, increase the flexibility for changes in product design and future modification.

Five, utilization of cubic space means, besides using the floor space, its ceiling height also utilized to accommodate more material in the same space. Six, improved work methods and reduced production cycle time. Seven, to make the work place safe, ventilated, and free from dust, noise, fume et cetera, it leads to satisfaction amongst the workers, and, thus, employer-employee relations gets better. Eight, to increase productivity and better product quality with reduced cost of production.

Let's move on to types of plant layout. There are four types of plant layout-- process layout, production layout, combination layout, fixed position layout. One, process layout. In process layout, keep similar machines and similar operations in one place. In other words, machines are arranged according to their function.

Two, product layout. Product layout is also known as line layout. Various operations on raw material are performed in a sequence, and machines are placed accordingly the production flow line. Three, combination layout. A combination layout combines the advantages of both process layout and product layout.

Four, fixed position layout. In other types of layouts, the product moves past the stationary production equipment. But in a fixed position layout, the product's kept stationary, and equipment moves around it. Check part two of the plant layout in the I button and in the description. If you want to download the PDF, go through the link in the description. You can support my work by subscribing to my channel, like the video, and thanks for watching.