Operations Management

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Operations Management

Introduction

The aim of the paper is to discuss the overall plant lay out process. The paper discusses the qualities of good layout as well as the paper discusses the key aspects of the adequate functioning layout. The paper embraced all the crucial layout outs including fixed layout, product lay out, process layout as well as cell layout.

Discussion

Good layout

There is a crucial importance of a good lay out in the operational management. The good layout of the plant is one that is well organized and structured. It should provided enough place for the workers of the plant as well as for the machines and other equipment in order to facilitate proper functioning in order to maintain the smooth flow of a production process. The arrangement of machines is crucial in the plant layout. It should be arranged in appropriate way in order to reduce the material handling cost. Moreover, the efficiency of the operations can be enhanced by arranging the materials as well as semi finished goods in a proper way. In addition to it, adequate first aid boxes and other safety equipments should be provided to the worker in order to make them ensure about their safety and security, this induces them to provide their maximum potential in return. The good layout is the one that provides the store to in process good at some convenient place as well as it facilities alternations as required by the operations (Jiang, Z., & Tai, Y., 2012, pp. 255-257).

Similarities in supermarkets and factory outlays

Stock jobbing

There are some common grounds in the overall operations of the supermarkets and the factory layouts. Super markets as well as the factory layouts both initially focus at low volume. The supermarkets focus son the stock jobbing with the wide range of products. In the same way, the factories layout also emphasize on jobbing the large amount of products in the stock.

Batches

The supermarkets focus on high variety and volume of the batches. In the same way, the factory layout focuses on expanding its operations with high variety and volume. In addition to it, the supermarkets usually focus in having the moderate volume of the products in the batch in order to avoid any risk of damages as well as to be prepared for timely delivery. In the same way, factory layout does not support very high volume product batches due to risk of the product damages.

Fixed product layout

The super markets follows the fixed products lay out in which the products stay in one place. In the same way, the factory layout also emphasize on placing the products at one place. Most of the super markets focus on the material handling through fixed path activities for instance, the use of the roller type conveyers for the functioning of the stock room as well as belt type conveyers in order to cater the cash registers of the super markets.

Cell layout

Additionally, it should be noticed that the factories have the same focus on ...