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Food Processing Plant Design & layout

Figure-1 Basic types of flow patterns employed in designing the layout

(a) I-Flow: separate receiving and shipping area.

(b) L-Flow: when straight line flow chart is to be accommodated.

(c) U-Flow: very popular as a combination of receiving and dispatch

(d) S-Flow: when the production line is long and zigzagging on the production floor is

required.

(e) O-Flow when it is desired to terminate the flow near where it is originated

7.5 Basic types of layouts

Depending upon the focus of layout design, the basic types of the layouts are:

1. Product or line layout

2. Process or functional layout

3. Cellular or group layout

4. „Fixed Position‟ Layout

7.5.1 Product or line layout

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