Abstract
The facility layout design problem is significantly relevant within the business operations strategies framework and has emerged as an alternate strategy towards supply chain sustainability. However, its wide coverage in the scientific literature has focused mainly on the static planning approach and disregarded the dynamic approach, which is very useful in real-world applications. In this context, the present article offers a literature review of the dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP). First, a taxonomy of the reviewed papers is proposed based on the problem formulation current trends (related to the problem type, planning phase, planning approach, number of facilities, number of floors, number of departments, space consideration, department shape, department dimensions, department area, and materials handling configuration); the mathematical modeling approach (regarding the type of model, type of objective function, type of constraints, nature of market demand, type of data, and distance metric), and the considered solution approach. Then, the extent to which recent research into DFLP has contributed to supply chain sustainability by addressing its three performance dimensions (economic, environmental, social) is described. Finally, some future research guidelines are provided.
Highlights
The facility layout problem (FLP) is a well-known design problem that deals with the physical arrangement process of all the production factors that comprise the production system insofar as the organization’s strategic objectives are adequately and efficiently met
As well as the growing trend in literature review studies on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) combined with different related topics [12,13,14,15,25,26,27,28], this article presents an overview of the dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP) literature and its contribution to sustainability in supply chain management from the triple bottom line perspective in the last 10 years (2010–2019)
As a starting point for our systematic literature review (SLR) process, the following research questions (RQ) were formulated: (RQ1) What is the current state of knowledge on problem formulation and mathematical modeling, and the solution approach to DFLP in the last decade?; (RQ2) what has DFLP contributed to SSCM from a triple bottom line perspective?; (RQ3) what are the gaps and future research directions that can be identified based upon existing works?
Summary
The facility layout problem (FLP) is a well-known design problem that deals with the physical arrangement process of all the production factors that comprise the production system insofar as the organization’s strategic objectives are adequately and efficiently met. As well as the growing trend in literature review studies on SSCM combined with different related topics [12,13,14,15,25,26,27,28], this article presents an overview of the DFLP literature and its contribution to sustainability in supply chain management from the triple bottom line perspective in the last 10 years (2010–2019).
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