What is the difference between Lean Layout Planning for a new factory and the traditional layout approach?

The new lean factory layout is the opposite of the traditional "asset-centered" layout. Lean factory layout starts with the customer and then designs the process flow around the workforce. Asset-centered layouts start with equipment and fixtures, and then consider the flow of processes. The goal of Lean Layout is to minimize waste and overload in the workflow while enhancing visual communication in the field. The following are common tools for evaluating and designing a lean factory layout:

1. Value Stream Mapping Analysis: Observe the overall flow of materials and information to understand their intrinsic associations.

2, Office Layout "Spaghetti Diagram": Draw the routes of employee movement to identify ineffective movement.

3, relationship matrix: identify internal customer and supplier relationships between processes and resources to determine the appropriate location.

4, logistics assessment: understand the material and labor in the factory under the different customer needs of heavy traffic.

5, production readiness process (3P): reevaluation of existing production equipment, or according to the principles of lean process design of new production lines.