Layout Improvement Towards Lean System in Manufacturing Company

Abstract

Facility layout arrangement is one of the factors that can give a significant impact on the company’s performance. Poor implementation of facilities arrangement can lead to ineffective and inefficient work system which may limit the rate of productivity, poor utilization of resources, high rate of rejection and many more. Thus, this study was conducted in order to solve the problem by proposing several solutions to the company for layout problems. Data collection were done by using several methods such as observation, interviews and measurement. A measuring tool been used in this study by using measuring tape to measure the distance of process flow, size of machines and space between machine to machines. The performance of each alternatives were calculated by comparing the total distance of process flow between actual layout and alternatives layout which were being measured by using measuring tape as a measuring tool for this study. From the evaluation, 1 layout was selected as it provide the highest percent of improvements. Proposed layout is not only has reducing the congestion level of the company but also increase its performance.