Abstract
AbstractThe focus of the study was to improve the existing layout of food packaging unit of an Agri-product industry. In the packing section, there are four packing processes in four different workstations where two workstations are comprised of three vertical packing machines (VPMs) each, one workstation comprised of two VPMs and a controlled packing machine (CPM) so arranged together in rows to perform the packing processes, and one new packing machine is an automated system of its own. There are eight workers in each row. The company was interested to investigate whether a change in the plant layout could result in savings in terms of time and distance moved by the product. CRAFT was used for this purpose, and a new plant layout was proposed. It was estimated that the new design could lead to saving of an overall 26% of the total cost.KeywordsPlant layoutComputerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Techniques (CRAFT)Agri industryPapua New Guinea (PNG)
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