Abstract:
The objective of this thesis is to improve the production floor layout of a manufacturing
firm using systematic layout planning (SLP) and implement 5s. This project is conducted at
NEXA PVT. LTD. MUMBAI various Aviation and Marine equipment’s parts manufacturing
company located in at New panvel. The major problem faced by the company is inventory
control, store management, poor utilization of space, poor material handling and safety
hazards. There is high flow intensity between departments which have high interrelationship.
This leads to high travelling time and high travelling cost which in turns decreases overall
productivity of the company. An alternative layout is proposed using the 11 steps in
Systematic Layout Planning, which is a systematic way of generating layout alternatives.
The proposed layout involves transferring the departments which have high
interrelationship close to each other. The proposed alternative layout is evaluated later.
The layout is chosen based on the performance measures which have the most significant
improvement, which are total travel distance, total travel time, output, average resource
utilization, total average WIP level, total average waiting time and total time spent in
manufacturing certain product either job order or in batches.
