Autocad Based Industrial Layout Planning and Material Flow Analysis in Factoryflow and Plan

You cannot adopt JIT, FOCUSED FACTORIES, MANUFACTURING CELLS or even GROUP TECHNOLOGY without first modifying the factory floor layout. These new technologies are founded on the common theme of CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING whereby your materials and WIP travel from process to process in the most direct manner possible. It is the reduced lot sizes and increased interprocess communication that give you the increased quality and reduced throughput times that truly effect the bottom line. The techniques described in this paper outline the most effective and efficient means for accomplishing the goal of the "World Class Layout".