OPTIMIZING CURRENT FACILITY LAYOUT

PROJECT INCLUDES:

Plant Layout Development

IMEG was hired by a custom engineering brush manufacturer to optimize their current facility layout to accommodate additional equipment and improve productivity. Their location employs twenty people in a 34,000 square foot facility.

THE PROBLEM

No existing facility layout in AutoCAD

Limited space to allocate for additional equipment in current facility

Need to maximize floor space, minimize travel distance, and improve material flow

Determine if existing plant can be rearranged or if they need to expand to include additional equipment

THE PLAN

Field measure building walls, columns, door locations, utilities, equipment locations, raw materials, in-process materials, finished goods, and the site plan

Create current facility layout in AutoCAD

Develop 4 plant layout options to include additional equipment

Calculate floor space and travel distance for each layout option

Develop plant layout analysis to compare current and proposed layouts to determine best option

THE RESULTS

Determined the ideal layout to meet the customer needs based on plant layout analysis

Each proposed layout shows improvement to 91.8% value added floor space and 8.2% non-value-added floor space

Over 400 square feet of floor space made available for additional manufacturing equipment

All proposed layouts show larger travel distance driven by added manufacturing equipment, but all manufacturing space has improved material flow and direct access to forklift aisles