Facility Layout With Multiple Objectives

Abstract

This thesis considered the problem of layout of facilities with special emphasis on the implementation ofre-layout projects resulted from the optimization procedure of the pairwise exchange. A multiple objectives function is incorporated into the solution procedure which consists of the value of reduction in materials handling costs and an economic variable of capital and outlay required for implementing the re-layout projects. The function is formulated to maximize the project return which is the economic balance of the gain in handling cost by maximizing the reduction of cost value and the minimization of the capital outlay required for the re-layout project. Five policies • are considered to test five different cases of the layout problem. Policy # 1 and policy # 2 were developed before where policy# 3, # 4 and # 5 are proposed. The policies have different concepts and

methodologies to handle the layout problem: