Redesign Production Layout Using Dedicated Storage Method: Case Study of PT.Solo Grafika Utama

Abstract

PT. Solo Grafika Utama is one of the companies in the field of newspaper production. The newspaper industry has strict production characteristics. Therefore, it requires a good factory layout in order to create effectiveness and production efficiency. The warehouse layout in PT Solo Grafika Utama still deficient in the application of material handling in warehouses so that it often raises problems. The problem is that the product arrangement in the warehouse is not optimal because there are still products stored in an wrong place. This article aims to provide an effective and efficient proposal to improve warehouse layout in PT Solo Grafika Utama using the dedicated storage method. Dedicated Storage is chosen to improve warehouse arrangement and minimize the distance of product displacement. After the proposed improvement, a better warehouse layout is obtained. In the proposed layout can also minimize the product displacement distance of 23% from the initial distance. Thus it can be said that the proposed layout is better than the initial layout and can be proven to be able to facilitate the handling of materials in the warehouse so that it can make newspaper production more effective and efficient.