Process layout

In manufacturing engineering, process layout is a design for the floor plan of a plant which aims to improve efficiency by arranging equipment according to its function.

[1] The production line should ideally be designed to eliminate waste in material flows, inventory handling and management.

[2] In process layout, the work stations and machinery are not arranged according to a particular production sequence.

In this layout, machining operations are performed in group together and are not arranged according to any sequence.

A common criticism of this layout is that the work can be monotonous for staff, especially if they are involved only in one stage of the process.

Model of typical plant layout
Typical plant layout, done through CAD . Note that layout for a production system reflects a conceived organisation of resources to achieve a certain goal, besides satisfying certain space constraints.