Optimization of Facilities Layout Based on Lean Manufacturing

According to facilities layout has significant influence on reduction of process waste, increasing of production flexibility and improvement of productivity, optimization of current assembly line in company B seems under such a circumstance. Based on the concrete analysis of existing assembly line, two points, operation balance and production flexibility, were raised up. After systematically analyzing, lean line designing, production cycle time optimizing, flow oriented layout planning and before-after result tracking and comparing, final target was achieved according to the expectation. The investigation proved that lean line design, production balancing and flow oriented layout planning are meaningful in productivity increasing, stock and cost reduction.