Which plant layout strategy minimizes transportation costs and maximizes the flexibility in equipment and manpower allocation for handling a variety of products?
DSSSB - 2023,
Answer: C
The cellular manufacturing layout reduces the transportation costs and keeps flexibility in equipment and manpower for a variety of products. Machines are grouped into cells, each making a family of similar parts, so the movement of parts is short. A product layout suits one product made in large numbers, a fixed position layout suits a product too large to move, and a warehouse layout concerns storage, so only the cellular layout fits.
A cell is a group of dissimilar machines placed together so that a family of parts is finished in one place, which cuts handling and waiting while keeping the flexibility of a job shop.
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