Unit 7 Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- describe the determinants of effective capacity;
- facilities
- product and service factors
- process factors
- human factors
- policy factors
- operational factors
- supply chain factors, and
- external factors;
- describe what factors an organization must consider in selecting a facility location;
- identify the benefits of four basic layout designs in the physical placement of resources:
- process
- product
- cellular, and
- fixed position; and
- apply the Line Balancing steps to the design of an appropriate product layout.