Product Layout
Book chapter, 2015
This article describes product layout and how it relates to the other facility layout options for producing goods or delivering services. It examines the different types of product layout and some of the problems associated with them, together with some of the approaches to solving them.
unidirectional lines
analytical or “disassembly” lines
assembly lines
product layout
Author
David Bennett
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 10, Operations Management, 3rd Edition
978-1-119-97251-8 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies
Business Administration
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1002/9781118785317.weom100061
ISBN
978-1-119-97251-8