Development of Factory Layout to Optimize Transportation Routes Using Systematic Layout Planning
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This improvement of the recycled plastic pellet manufacturing plant layout aimed to reduce material handling distance and time by applying systematic layout planning principles together with activity relationship analysis. The study collected data on internal transportation and found that the total distance before improvement was 4,211 meters. After analyzing relationships between activities and designing three alternative plant layouts, the results showed that layout design 3 could reduce the total transportation distance from 4,211 meters to 3,311.35 meters and decrease material handling time from the receiving point to the melting facility by up to 34 seconds. Statistical analysis indicated that the time reduction met the established criteria. The proposed methodology can increase production efficiency, reduce costs, and be applied to similar types of manufacturing plants in the future.
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารฯ ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะได้รับอนุญาต แต่ห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่่อประโยชน์ทางธุรกิจ และห้ามดัดแปลง
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