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INTRODUCTION OF FACILITIES PLANNING

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OF FACILITIES PLANNING

INTRODUCTION

Facilities planning determine how an activity’s tangible fixed assets best support
achieving the activity’s objective. For a manufacturing firm, facilities planning involve the

determination of how the manufacturing facilities best support productions.

It is important to recognize that we do not use the term facilities planning as a
synonym for such related terms as:

1. Facilities location
2. Facilities design
3. Facilities layout or plant layout.

As depicted in Figure 1, it is convenient to divide a facility into its location and its design
components.

Facilities
Location
Facilities
Planning Facility System Design

Facilities
Design Layout design

Handling System

Design

Figure 1.1: Facilities planning description

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this unit are:

1. Define the facilities planning
2. Determine the objectives of facilities planning
3. Identify the facilities planning process

BPLK 1 SUBJECT CODE