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1. IE 419 1
2. IE 419 2 4) Diagram Space Relationships(Spatial representation)
3. IE 419 3 4) Diagram Space Relationships(Compress to floor plan)
4. IE 419 4 5) Evaluating Alternatives List important factors
Flexibility, ease of expansion,
Effectiveness of flow, ease of material handling
Safety, ease of supervision
Aesthetics, appearance
Weigh relative importance (0-10 max)
Rate alternatives by each factor (4,3,2,1,0)
Multiply ratings by weights
Sum products and compare totals
Largest = best
5. IE 419 5
6. IE 419 6 6) Detail Final Layout (Install)
7. IE 419 7 Computerized Plant Layout Programs to assist in generating numerous alternate layouts and evaluating numerically
Construction programs – build from scratch (SPIRAL)
Improvement programs – interchange areas of initial layout, until best is found (Factory Flow)
Programs minimizing transportation costsCRAFT (1963) – minimize transport (+ distance) costs
Programs that computerize Muther’s approach, ALDEP, CORELAP (IBM, 1967), SPIRAL
8. IE 419 8 SPIRAL Maximizes adjacency (closeness rating)
Also minimizes distance
Closest areas ? highest adjacency
Use in construction mode
Available in 235 Leonhard (IE 327 lab)
Need two files (in NotePad, using All Files mode, NOT Text [.txt] mode)
*.DAT (basic data)
*.DEP (dependencies or relationships)
9. IE 419 9 DORBEN.DAT(edit existing files)
10. IE 419 10 Dorben Ex. DAT File
11. IE 419 11 DORBEN.DEP (create from scratch, each line has 8 columns)
12. IE 419 12 DORBEN.DEP After 8 column lines, last set of lines specify departmental relationships using 3 columns
Dept #1 code
Dept #2 code
Closeness rating value
Last line signifies end: OUT OUT 0
13. IE 419 13 Dorben Ex. DEP File
14. IE 419 14 Running SPIRAL Click on SPIRAL icon
Click on FILE, then OPEN, select Dorben.DAT
Under FILE, click on OUTPUT.LOG to save statistics
Click on ALGORITHMS, select ALL GRAPHS for algorithmic relationship calculations
Click on ALL LAYOUTS for space relationships
Click on EVALUATE for final evaluation
Click on STATISTICS to see results
Largest ADJACENCY, EFFICIENCY are best
Shortest DISTANCE is best
Rerun with different SEED, to avoid local optimum
15. IE 419 15 Dorben Results - Layout
16. IE 419 16 Dorben Results - Statistics
17. IE 419 17 Problems with Computerized Layout Long, narrow rooms
Change shape ratio to 1:1
Increase shape penalty
Unrealistic shapes (Ls, Ts) – define better
Local minima for improvement programs
Use different seed
Use alternate layouts
18. IE 419 18 Calculation of Adjacency Adjacency =
?positive relationships for adjacent areas -
?negative relationships for adjacent areas
19. IE 419 19 Compare SLP Layout with SPIRAL