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INTRODUCTION OF FACILITIES PLANNING

1.1 Facilities Planning Defined

Facilities planning determines how an activity’s tangible fixed assets best support
achieving the activity’s objectives. For examples:

1. For manufacturing firm, facilities planning involved the determination

of how the manufacturing facility best support production

2. Facility planning for a hospital determines how the hospital facilities
support providing medical care to patients.

Facilities planning scope began with determining facilities location followed by
facilities layout, determining the process equipment and material handling equipment and
last but not least defining the personnel requirement for manufacturing system.

1.2 Significance of Facilities Planning

To stimulate your thought on the breadth of the facilities planning opportunities,
consider the following questions,

A few factors need to put under consideration while making the facilities planning.
There are;

1. Economy

Estimated that 20-50% of the total operating expenses within manufacturing is
attributed to material handling. Because of that, facilities planning must be a continuing
activity in an organization that plans to keep abreast of developments in its field.

2. Productivity
Productivity improvement must be realized as quickly as they become available for
implementation. One of the most effective methods for increasing plant productivity and
reducing costs is to reduce or eliminate all activities that are unnecessary or wasteful.

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