STUDY AND RE-DESIGN OF THE LAYOUT USING FACILITY PLANNING TOOLS

XYZ Service Industry aims to provide an everlasting experience and value for money. In order to achieve such a feat, the organization must present to its employees the best working conditions. Facility layout design is one such factor which plays a pivotal role in achieving it. The objective of this paper is to re-design the existing layout of the administrative floor to reduce the flow cost. According to Lean manufacturing, we must first measure a process before making a change to ensure that the change is an improvement. So how does an Industrial Engineer ensure that the new layout is better than the current layout? Initially, the efficiency indices of the present layout were calculated which indicated the need for improvement. To rectify the drawbacks, CRAFT algorithm is applied to improve the indices and obtain a better layout that would increase the operational efficiency. AutoCAD software is used to draw the layout. Also, we wanted to ascertain the importance of Facility Planning if it is done prior to construction of the Hotel. Hence, CORELAP algorithm was applied and we also calculated the flow cost and efficiency indices of the obtained layout.