Design of plant Layout Using concurrent engineering Techniques

Abstract

This research aims to improve the plant layout of manufacturing industry to make optimum space utilization,
eliminate obstructions in material flow and thus obtain maximum productivity. Various optimization approaches for
small problems and heuristic approaches for the larger problems have been proposed to elucidate the problem. The
operation process of each section( i.e. material storage, cutting, welding, grinding, drilling, machining shop I,II,III CNC
shop and inspection section and finish product storage) have been investigated. The problem in the space utilization and
material flow pattern was identified. Various techniques were applied after finding the solution through traditional
methods to get much improved optimum solutions. The suitable of new plant layout can decrease the distance of material
flow, which rise production