Un-Simulated Facilities Layout Designs, Un-Determined Risks of Manufacturing Firms: Desk Review

Tsehaye Dedimas Beyene; Sisay Geremew Gebeyehu

doi:10.21276/ijirem.2018.5.1.5

Abstract

This desk review paper aims at showing that simulation saves the manufacturing companies from undetermined costs if they first employ it to their facility design layout before installation. More than 70% of the cost of production is contributed by the cost to handle the materials from end to end. An optimized material handling cost can only be achieved through an optimized facilities layout design. But, companies certainly cannot become sure that the layout at hand is optimized unless several alternatives are developed and simulated. So, with the application of simulation, companies can save the un-determined cost of the un-simulated facilities layout design. This article tries to review various scientific literatures and different research applications of scholars and come up with the recommendation that manufacturing firms should stimulate their facilities layout before its implementation so as to save time and industrial resources.

Keywords

Facilities, layout design, simulation, manufacturing

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Cites this article as

T. D. Beyene, S. G. G. , "Un-Simulated Facilities Layout Designs, Un-Determined Risks of Manufacturing Firms: Desk Review", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-5, Issue-1, Page No-19-23, 2018. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21276/ijirem.2018.5.1.5

Corresponding Author

Tsehaye Dedimas Beyene

Lecturer Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia tsehayezechu@gma